And yet the real success goes to those who obsess. The focus that leads you through the Dip to the other side is rewarded by a marketplace in search of the best in the world. A woodpecker can tap twenty times on a thousand trees and get nowhere, but stay busy. Or he can tap twenty-thousand times on one tree and get dinner.
The Dip: The extraordinary benefits of knowing when to quit (and when to stick) (ed. Hachette UK, 2011) - ISBN: 9780748129270