My greatest joy is to read novels, especially short stories, because I have no patience to read a long novel. Once, the title of a long novel appealed to me, I had interest to read it. However, I didnt understand the main idea of the novel and I was not clear about what relationship the characters are at the beginning, but I told me that I should finish it with patience. At last I was happy that I made it. I was lucky not miss the novel, for it is really a very classical and successful works.
In 2005, I signed up for English training. As far as I was concerned, the biggest challenge is listening practice. The teacher put tape recorder, and we were required to write some words and answer a few of questions. Originally I felt frustrated, because I hardly did as the teacher told. The teacher said: Patience is a must in listening practice. If you lack patience, you are destined to be a loser. I took my teachers advice, and practiced listening again and again, later I made more progress.
All in all, you probably close to success if you are patient in doing something you like.