Someone recently emailed me a fun little mathematical formula that might shed some light:

If,
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

Is represented as,
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26.

Then,
K-N-O-W-L-E-D-G-E

11+14+15+23+12+5+4+7+5 = 96%

And,
H-A-R-D-W-O-R-K

8+1+18+4+23+15+18+11 = 98%

But,
A-T-T-I-T-U-D-E
1+20+20+9+20+21+4+5 = 100%

Once again proving that Attitude is Everything. Beyond how much you know, beyond how hard you work, if you don’t adjust your attitude, you won’t reach your 100%.

Don't just take this formula, or my word, for it. Seems others share the Attitude belief. Check out Seth Godin's blog on The Heirarchy of Success. He references six levels of heirarchy on the success platform, and notes that we spend the bulk of our time in the least important one - execution.

Much as I hate to admit it, I am guilty as charged. Time to re-evaluate my mode of operation!