
We live in a society where many things have been done before, by others who are usually proud of it too. Ask them how they did it. Ask about the obstacles and pitfalls and how to get over them. Behind every achievement or success lies a path of study, research, training, practice, discipline and sacrifice. And an investment of time, energy and money. “Talent is as cheap as salt. The difference between someone with talent and someone with talent and success is simply: hard work, '' states James Cameron, director of Titanic and Avatar. The Italian painter Michelangelo, who lay on his back for four years on a scaffolding to paint the Sistine Chapel, sees it as follows: ,, if people only knew how I practiced, trained, tried to master my trade to the smallest details, they would not think it so wonderful anymore.''