Success is...

[misterx]

Success is 10 percent inspiration and 90 percent perspiration.
-Thomas Alva Edison

I used this quote this morning (Lorelei was wishing she had mad guitar skillz), when Melanie chimed in from the kitchen. "Don't forget respiration".

"Well, that's true, or you'd have a bunch of talented but suffocated dead people. How about this... Success is 10 percent inspiration, 10 percent respiration, and 80 percent perspiration."

But then Storm yells from the bathroom... "What about transportation?"

She's right. You can have mad skillz till last Tuesday, but no-show = no spotlight.

"Ok, good point, you need to get there. So success is 10 percent inspiration, 10 percent respiration, 10 percent transportation, and 70 percent perspiration."

Now I'm wondering what else success requires. Emancipation? Innovation? Bloviation?

Comments

[adamantplatypus.livejournal.com]

Sublimation? Lots of Haitians? Information on the potion ration?

I'm feeling Dr. Seusses today!

[mac-arthur-park.livejournal.com]

I love how wonderfully surreal your family is.

[adamantplatypus.livejournal.com]

A DALMATIAN PLANTATION.

Woah. Where'd that come from?

[misterx.livejournal.com]

potkettleblack

[misterx.livejournal.com]

from the crenellation fortification nation?


and for the record, Mozilla's spellcheck misspells crenellation (it wants one "L")

[tn-grrl.livejournal.com]

concentrat....

what was I doing again?

[misterx.livejournal.com]

that was half a percent

[aysosytreeo.livejournal.com]

Repetition! Repetition! Repetition!

[hisbonnielass.livejournal.com]

Location location location. The Tricities for instance, are not such a great place to be a star. Hollywood might work a little better.

[codeninjaking.livejournal.com]

Corporeal solidification? what can you do if you aren't corporealy solid?

[ruethee.livejournal.com]

That's awesome.
What about procratination?

[ruethee.livejournal.com]

er...I mean procraStination.

[nonspecific.livejournal.com]

Procreation is usually a complication. At least until they get older and you can put them to work as slave labor.