""There's no such thing as overnight success, because a lot of people, they say that, but they want to leave out that they were giving blood," Lee recently revealed on Michelle Obama's podcast, IMO. Even the former first lady backed him up, noting that "they don't tell you the back story, the dark side." For Lee, the battle with success is personal."
"And because people tend to agree it takes 10 years to become an "overnight" success, the true secret to standing out may lie in finding a job that fuels passion every day for years to come. "I tell my students, [the] first day of class, 'I hope you are here because this is what you want to do the rest of your life because you want, because this makes you happy,' Lee explained on Obama's podcast."
Spike Lee warns Gen Z against the myth of overnight success and urges focus on perseverance and finding a vocation that awakens genuine enthusiasm. He emphasizes that apparent fast success hides years of unseen sacrifice and struggle. Even celebrated figures often omit the backstory and the dark side of their journeys. Lee recounts decades of relentless effort before becoming an Oscar- and Emmy-winning filmmaker known for Malcolm X and BlacKkKlansman. He advises students to choose work they want to do for the rest of their lives and that makes them happy. Daily progress toward goals becomes joyful when fueled by passion.
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