“There are a lot of people who have dreams, goals and hopes but there aren’t a lot that gets to see them realized,” Tyler Perry said.

Have you ever wondered about the difference between an Instagram model and a top model? What about the class clown vesus the comedian? Maybe even the backup singer and the lead?

Hard work, motivation and dedication.

Talent is truly a beautiful thing. It can lead you to some of the most crucial roads of your life. The problem is that’s all talent can do. While talent does lead you to those life changing situations, it can’t push you through them.

Talent is meant to push you down the hall, while dedication stands holding the door. Through that door, motivation stands holding out a hand, urging you to follow hard work as he clears the way for you to have a safe voyage to success.

Society as a whole has begun to give off the impression of overnight success. They promote fast money, fast food, fast weight loss, fast fix, fast everything. But what’s the catch?

Fast money will normally spend faster than it took to make it. Fast food stands as a quick fix. In an hour’s time, you’ll be hungry again.

Then, there are the fad diets. You starve yourself to lose 25 pounds in five days. When you eat again, you’ll gain 40. Anything that comes fast will surely leave faster.

There is no quick fix to success. Today’s stars are seen by where they are now, but the key to their stardom is where they were then.

Tyler Perry, for example, is an American actor, director, playwright, screenwriter, producer, author and songwriter most known by his role as Madea or Mabel Simmons. According to “Forbes,” He has become one of the top 12 richest African Americans in america.

Though the gossip sites keep us up to date with his struggles of today, no one seems to be interested in what he went through before anymore.

Many people might not remember  that before he was famous he was homeless for six years. Imagine a 6’5” man living in his Geo Metro. Yes, he lived in his car.

No one’s mentioning that because he couldn’t find sponsors, he spent his whole life savings trying to get his plays off the ground. Though he had that same talent back then, it was his hard work got him that hotel room.

It was his dedication that keep him writing even though it seemed no one was interested in his work and many people around him told him it was pointless.

Instead of drowning in self pity he used his poverty as motivation to keep going with nothing but his faith left to believe in.

Look in the world around us. We can see plenty of talentless people live the “American Dream.” Talent is simply something to be thankful for. Hard work is something we’ll be respected for.

We all have the same 24 hours Perry has. What will you choose to do with it?