He once commented, “I suppose it can be said that I’m an absent-minded driver. It’s true that I’ve driven through a number of red lights on occasion,… - Eric Barker

Karen Arnold, a researcher at Boston College, followed eighty-one high school valedictorians and salutatorians from graduation onward to see what becomes of those who lead the academic pack. Of the 95 percent who went on to graduate college, their average GPA was 3.6, and by 1994, 60 percent had received a graduate degree. There was little debate that high school success predicted college success. Nearly 90 percent are now in professional careers with 40 percent in the highest tier jobs. They are reliable, consistent, and well-adjusted, and by all measures the majority have good lives. But how many of these number-one high school performers go on to change the world, run the world, or impress the world? The answer seems to be clear: zero.

Author Tony Schwartz says, “Energy, not time, is the fundamental currency of high performance.

The only place where success comes before work is a dictionary.