I wrote my first novel when I was 22. It was a mess. I didn't know how to properly organize dialogues and structure a plot (情节). Those were all 1 . I planned to work out later. I gave the book to my father to read, and he left me a voice mail in a few days saying that it was 2 and that I was going to sell it for $300,000.
3 , and rather quickly, the book was 4 by every publisher in New York. If there were a literary prize for Most Rejections, I would have won it. I was 5 : of course, but I knew better than to give up—writing wasn't an easy job, and if this book wasn't my 6 in, maybe the next one would be. I got back to work.
But this scenario (剧情) happened again: I wrote books...and then they wouldn't 7 . Still my father's faith in me never wavered (动摇), even if I worked a host of other jobs. Some of the jobs, like being a bookseller, were great and 8 to my writing life. Some, like selling overpriced jeans to 12-year-olds, were only insofar as they were material for future 9 . And they were—because it finally 10 . I sold a book! I was going to make it big!
I completely agree with the motivation speaker and author John Maxwell's words: "Successful and unsuccessful people do not vary greatly in their abilities but in their 11 to reach their potential." Life's not 12 . It never was, it isn't now, and it won't ever be. But do not fall into the entitlement trap of feeling you are a(n) 13 . You are not. Get over it and 14 with it. And yes, most things are more 15 when you break a sweat to get them.
