Here’s a wonderful article about John Grisham and his work. He got his first book published about 20 years ago, when he was about 34. And now, after all those years and after having several more popular books and movies based on his stories, he is a fantastic success. Read the article to know that he too faced financial trouble when young, that he too struggled earlier to complete books and to have them accepted for publication. Midway through the interview, he says that he “prefers to appreciate his success rather than boast about it“.

It’s a lot better to pay attention now to the life one needs to construct, and to work towards that vision. At the end of it all, it could mean the difference between one priding over a vast body of influential work and presiding over the debris of his or her dreams.