Everybody wants to succeed, but there are few successful people in the world, and what’s the secret of being successful? It’s a permanent topic, some people think the critical element of achieving great success is strongest individuals or high intelligence, but others argued that the mental attitude, such as persistence, is more related to succeed. However, some people think the key point of getting successful is good luck. Different people has different views, but in my opinion , diligence and persistence is the key ,which can open the door of success.

 As the saying says, success is 99% of perspiration and 1% of inspiration. There is a famous Chinese fable told us a lot, in ancient time, there was a talented boy called Zhongyong Fang, who could memorize so much knowledge and write many great poems at a short time, but he didn’t make efforts to study, and then after several years, he couldn’t write anything anymore. This fable implied that even if you were a genius, and you wouldn’t succeed finally without hard and persistent study. On the contrary, as is known to us all, the respectable entrepreneur, Jack ma, the founder of Alibaba.com, he often says that today is cruel, tomorrow will be crueler, the day after tomorrow is beautiful, but the majority is died in the night of tomorrow. He always says that he is not a intellectual student and brilliant applicant, he couldn’t admit to university until the 3rd time of college entrance examination,apparently, he isn’t clever , and why he can succeed finally , I think the secret of his success is persisting of his dream and devoting himself to his original intention. 

Therefore, The critical difference between successful people and others is that the successful people can constantly stick to their original dreams and try their best to pass the cruelest night. And so, there is no doubt that the crucial element of achieving great success is diligence and persistence, rather than strongest individuals or high intelligence.