I´ve been thinking about what makes people succeed in life overall. Once I heard in an English class the following: ¨It´s said that the native Americans believed people know everything before they´re born; however, they forget everything once the come out of their mothers´ wombs. As a consequence, they have to start over and try to get back that knowledge throughout their entire lives.¨ It kinds of makes sense, though it may also seem to be improbable in reality. Anyhow, today I heard a motivational lecture in school. They were talking about how to motivate people as best as possible. For instance, in an experiment you test two children on how well they do at puzzles. After they both have finished and done well in the puzzle you praised them differently. You tell one that he must be very smart cause he got a good score; whereas you tell the other that he tried hard and therein lies the key to his success. After some time you keep testing the two participants. The one who had been told he was smart failed the second quiz; on the other hand, the one who was told he tried hard did great on it. It´s amazing how just a few words can change the entire outcome of a process. This aforesaid example is scientifically proven. Therefore, we realized how important it is to actually be motivated in what we want to achieve. Hard work and perseverance are in fact byproducts of motivation. What keeps you from throwing your hand in after a few setbacks? The answer is of course motivation. Nevertheless, the only way in which we can be encouraged to succeed in anything is to love what we do. It seems to be a cliché, but it´s indeed true.