Genius = hard work + paranoid
"If you take a day off, your strength will go backwards for two days ." This is the motto of Phelps and the principle that his coach gave him.Famous saying.
For a long time, this "prodigy" always sticks to the habit of getting up and training at five o'clock every morning, and never stops. What's even more amazing is Phelps's perseverance. In the past seven years, he has not been in the water for five days in more than 2500 days.
With this almost paranoid effort, Phelps has made impressive achievements.
I get up at 4 o'clock every day and have never been interrupted for more than 10 years. Unfortunately, I am just wasting my time. I just touch things in the east and west. I think the difference lies in sticking to what I should do, instead of the usual "persistence", persistence is not enough or even useless. This sentence can be effective only when you stick to the right thing.