[Zeke]

Motion, I guess one can continue to do one thing and perfect it like Tiger Woods. Start very early in life and be the best. A lot of the racers in your example have done just that. That covers the training part.

Education has put a lot of people in position to do great things. However, they need the push you imply. Many are driven and many aren't very well balanced.

Then there's the curious you mention. I have done a lot of things and mastered a few. I've failed at some, but never completely. Sometimes circumstances are all that are to blame. But the adventure is always good.

That leaves perseverance according to your examples. I have some of that. Patience is part and parcel of the process. I waited 4 years for the chance to fabricate my own version of a 911 bumper. Some say it was terrific; some said it was awful. Many didn't care to give it a second thought.

I'm glad I didn't put my life's work into something like that.

From what I have observed in life it is repetition of something successful that brings about achievement. For those that didn't bang the gong, it's just repetition.

You're calling that mediocre.