[KoZeN]

Not sure why you're being downvoted. I personally think this is pretty good advice.

I never really excelled academically yet I became quite succeessful through pure hard work. Unfortunately I got a lot of bad advice as a kid and it was drilled into me that I would never be as successful as 'smart' people. Had I known that I could counter-act my disadvantage with pure grunt work then I probably would have been more successful from a younger age.