With all do respect, in most cases, seldom does the actual inventor get credit, fame, or money. They invent and someone with a larger vision takes that idea and makes it great. For example, some nerds at Xerox created ethernet, GUIs, bit mapping and other aspects for modern day computers. Steve Jobs took a tour of Xerox, took notes, stole many of the Xerox employees and created the first Apple computer which was basically a Xerox machine without the printing capabilities.
My point, you can not and should not disregard vision and the ability to bring it to fruition. One of the biggest lessons I learned meeting millionaires is that they aren't necessarily smarter, they are just willing to work harder and sacrifice everything and everyone to achieve their goal.
To get into med school and be a top tier phycian, a person has to be a borderline psycho to dedicate all the time just to pass the MCAT and be in the top 5%. To be a professional athlete at the highest level you have to train hours daily when everyone else is sleeping or playing video games.
Even investing, the best investors are up wa6 early before opening bell planning their plays and doing research. They will spend money on stocks before buying clothes, trips, cars, expensive foods, etc.
I feel Shannon. Unfortunately, many won't achieve greatness because the idea of total and complete dedication and commitment is a foreign concept to many if you.
