| Success isn't rocket science. | | | | |
| | | | Is that his definition of success? |
| Unless you want to be a rocket scientist. | | | | |
| | | | Er, no. |
| That's an old joke, and not particularly | | | | |
| funny, but I like to keep using it, because | | | | As it happens, it's a nice bonus, something |
| it's a point which is a constant. | | | | to look back on with pride, but to him, the |
| | | | success was his own personal realisation of |
| That means it was true in the past, will be | | | | his goal to go into space. |
| true in the future, and really importantly, | | | | |
| is true now! | | | | Due to the tragedies in the Shuttle Progamme, |
| | | | he had to wait 14 years to get his flight. |
| In order to achieve success, you will need to | | | | |
| put in effort, but in all likelihood it will | | | | That's a long time, it's a lot of commitment, |
| be the effort that someone else has put in | | | | a big portion of his life. |
| before you, meaning you can copy and learn | | | | |
| from their efforts, which makes life even | | | | So in December when he completed the mission, |
| easier for you! | | | | he could definitely call it a success. |
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| What I'd like to do is to take that gag from | | | | Can you see the point I'm making? |
| above and use it to prove the point. | | | | |
| | | | You don't have to be the first from your |
| In December 2006, the Discovery Space Shuttle | | | | country to do something in order to be a |
| went up on a mission to the International | | | | success, even though Fuglesang is. |
| Space Station. | | | | |
| | | | You don't have to be a rocket scientist to be |
| On board Discovery was a Swedish astronaut, | | | | a success, even though Fuglesang is. |
| Christer Fuglesang, and it's him I want to | | | | |
| focus on. | | | | What you do have to do though, is define your |
| | | | goal, be prepared to put in as much effort as |
| He is the first astronaut from Sweden. | | | | required, and keep going. |
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| No matter how many other people from his | | | | That's something you can and *must* learn |
| country go into space, he will always be the | | | | from our Swedish friend Christer, and then |
| first. | | | | success will be yours! |