“However, they are willing to work on something for a long time even if other people don’t get it. "Important" does not mean "popular".” I don’t like this one

“However, they are willing to work on something for a long time even if other people don’t get it. "Important" does not mean "popular".” I don’t like this one. On the one hand you have some people who are successful with a lot of persistence but then you have probably many more who fail after being persistent. If you win you are being celebrated but if you fail you get accused of wasting your time. I think there is a lot of luck and timing involved when people succeed after working on something for a long time.