Over the years, I’ve crossed paths with many who were extremely successful as well as some who were such miserable failures that, as Mama liked to say, they “ain’t worth the breath they draw.”I have pondered the difference between those who succeed and those who just seem to roll over and give up. It seems logical to say that talent, intellect, ambition, energy and common sense pave the way to achievement while laziness, poor decisions and addictions hinder it.After studying up on it, watching both achievers and failures, I have come to this conclusion: It is not just through the workings of our hands that we are made but through the words of others.Encouragement. Belief.