Early school success is one major key to a child's continued academic achievement in the future. If a child encounters continual failure in the early grades of school a negative learning attitude can develop. This attitude may linger into adulthood. Changing such attitudes can take years to undo. It is safe to say that one objective to ensure a healthier school attitude is success.
Success breeds success.
Success is like going up a flight of steps, one step leads to the next and the next, so on and so forth until you reach the top. The difference, according to Mr. Robinson, is that other students are motivated to do well because it is expected of them and because they want to please someone else. Successful students on the other hand, are motivated to do well because of their own desires. They work harder for their own sake. Successful students have a different attitude than other students.