Change Your Thinking, Change Your Life: How to Unlock Your Full Potential for Success and Achievement

GREAT SUCCESS REQUIRES 
LONG, HARD WORK
The sculptor quickly arranged to have workmen haul the block of
marble to his studio some distance away. He then began the long,
hard job of hammering and chiseling. It took him two solid years of
work to create the rough outline of the statue. He then put his ham-
mers and chisels aside and spent two more years polishing and
sanding before the statue was complete.
Michelangelo was already famous as a sculptor, and the news
that he was working on a major commission for the Medicis spread
all over Italy. When the day came for its first public viewing, thou-
sands of people came from all over Italy and gathered in the main
square. When it was unveiled, the crowd stood gaping in awe. It was
breathtakingly beautiful. People cheered. Women fainted. The audi-
ence was amazed at the incredible beauty of the enormous statue.
Michelangelo was immediately recognized as the greatest sculptor
of his age.
Afterward, when Michelangelo was asked how he was able to
create such a masterpiece, he replied by saying that he saw the
David
complete and perfect in the marble. All he did was to remove
everything that was 
not
the
David
.