Nice write up ! >how persistence can separate people into can/can't Yep. This is the main catalyst for "success". Reminds me of the following quote by Calvin

Nice write up ! >how persistence can separate people into can/can't Yep. This is the main catalyst for "success". Reminds me of the following quote by Calvin Coolidge; “Nothing in this world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and Determination alone are omnipotent. The slogan Press On! has solved and always will solve the problems of the human race.” >the kind of motivation for continuing something after the newness has worn off is maybe a different source Quite right! I believe this source is mainly the "wish to improve (on some self determined scale) and progress day by day". Popular culture knows it as "Kaizen" or "Continuous Improvement" (all cultures have their own term for this).