I noticed something about environment. When you are surrounded by broke people, it starts to feel like everyone is struggling, like the economy is collapsing and no one has money, and even if you do, you start thinking you might lose it. When you are around entrepreneurs and people who are building things, it feels like money and opportunities are everywhere, even when you personally have less. Your environment shapes what you believe is possible.
To achieve excellence over an extended period of time, it will require consistent hard work, discipline, courage, pain, failure after failure, ups & downs, doubt, sacrifice, focus, intension, mastery...