I'm linking this video because I think Kai Greene has some very good philosophies on success. While he speaks of it through a professional bodybuilder's perspective, it's important to note that this way of life can applied to anything. The video is quite long, so I've taken it upon myself to write down some of what he says [written below]. I have not taken all the quotes through the entirety of the video yet (I've seen it several times but never wrote anything down) so I will be adding more quotes as time allows. Below is what I've got so far...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OyICPcBKEDk

Those star moments that fill the highlight reels and leave an audience in awe to watch. Those seconds are built on thousands and thousands and thousands of hours that a lot of people wouldn’t think are worth adding to a highlight reel.

“…Kai was adamant about not concentrating on the flash and rewards of the sport. Which can be elusive and few for most, but rather on the daily existence that got him to this place.”

Daily habits are what bring about success.

Is it 10 grams of protein more or 10 grams of protein less? Who cares just get started.

Knowledge is not power. Applied knowledge is power.

I used to be in here doing cardio with the oven on, my sweet potatoes cooking, all the burners on the stove on, place so hot you’d think the devil be sitting over there talking to you like, “Do you really want to do this cardio?” Sweet just pouring. The audience will never see that. They’ll see you on stage the day of the competition though, they’ll see you receiving top honors and say, “See I want to do THAT!” I want to be THAT guy.

Success is about doing the things that need to get done when it's the toughest thing to do.

Real life, real in the trenches bodybuilding, means that you have to be inventive. You have to be a problem solver. You have to be able to troubleshoot because you know at the end of the day it’s your responsibility to stay on target with your goal. Your goals your dreams are important to you. Your mother may love you, but she doesn’t care whether or not your arms are 24 inches. She’s still going to love you. But your dream of having your arms 24 inches is your dream. So it’s up to you to cultivate that to protect it to nurture it.

You got to develop your tools. You’ve got to develop the use and awareness of your instruments. You’ve got to develop these skills. Here I’m not talking about how many grams of protein or how many grams of carbs or how many grams of fat, what I’m focusing on here though is the development of character which comes… which speaks to your ability to follow through and start stringing together days of efficient action at the very basic level in order to be able to have your food with you every day all day so you are able to eat on time and keeps you and allows you to stay in an anabolic state … but if you are still working without the strength of character yet, without the ability to follow through. Then all that complex compensation about those sciences will mean very very little … will mean nothing to you if you still are not able to get up, cook your meals, pack them, have them with you, and follow through with eating them every two and a half to three hours. And it was these tools that allowed me to turn around and be ready when the next level of my help came. When the next mentorship that would come along and say “Hey you’ve got some real talent I want to invest some time.” They didn’t come because you were walking around aimlessly looking for someone to help you. There’s work you’ve got to do on your own and not have the excuses that “I can’t because I don’t know how to cook” or “I can’t because I don’t have the money to pay a nutritionist.” No, you’ve got to do what you can to the best of your ability.

No one should have to stand over you, “Did you eat?” “What time’s your next meal?” “Hey man, are you on top of your schedule? Are you staying true to your path?” Because at the end of the day it’s just not that important to anybody else. And if it’s more important to other people than it is you, then there’s a large part of your better potential that will not be tapped.