We Only See The Result!

The chef cooks the meal.  The baker makes a cake. The musician rehearses the piece.  The athlete trains and trains and trains until they are able to compete.  Unfortunately, we are exposed to the result much more often than the work that lead to that result.  This unfortunately gives us a false sense of how difficult it is to achieve success.  We will become much less frustrated with the slow progress or failures during our journey when we focus on the process, more than the product.

"If people knew how hard I worked to gain my mastery, it wouldn’t seem so wonderful."  Michelangelo, 1475 - 1564