The reasons we succeed or fail aren’t always the reasons we think they are. Being in the right place at the right time or wrong place at the wrong time plays a larger role than we realize.

And there are some things you’ll never be good at no matter how hard you try. Even the ability to acquire certain skills starts with the hand you were dealt at birth, rather than willpower. Find the things you’re capable of being good at and impose your will in those arenas.