For years, I was constantly obsessed with seeing people do as well their work. I always said to myself, but shit, how does he draw as well. What magic potion he take to get there?.

That led me to endless research on something, something I don’t know and whose existence I don’t know.

Fortunately, I came across Ira Glass, one of the best journalists of modern times and the executive producer of the popular show for National Public Radio, This American Life.

When he was just a 19-year-old intern, Ira Glass had a good taste for journalism. He knew what an excellent journalist looked like, but it took 17 years of work before he considered himself a good journalist. In one of his podcasts, he describes the mindset that allowed him to get where he is today. A mindset adopted by any successful person, regardless of the area of his life.

– Let’s decipher what he says