“Causes of action, which in a common-sense world would lead to one result, turns out, in fact, to lead to the opposite result,” Alan Watts.
Surprisingly, it is not the team that appears to be perfect on paper that is the team that always wins. To use a sports analogy, Rocky Marciano, Wayne Gretzky, and Tom Brady are not textbook winners. On paper, they were not the strongest or fastest, and many coaches doubted their abilities. What made them great? Their passion to win and their persistence to get it right.
They were not born with superstar skills. They refined their style to overcome their weak spots through hard work, failure, and the sheer tenacity to get up and try again. They eventually found their superpowers, their special disruptive advantage that highlighted their specific skills. They turned their personal weakness into a competitive advantage that helped them win. They learned what worked by finding out what did not.
It is only through perseverance that we become superstars.