To get what you want, you have to deserve what you want

 “To get what you want, you have to deserve what you want. The world is not yet a crazy enough place to reward a whole bunch of undeserving people.”

― Charles T. Munger

“Hard work beats talent when talent fails to work hard.”
― Kevin Durant

In school I was not the best student at all, in fact I studied with 2 friends and one of us always come way ahead! We studied the same hours but he was smarter , he got things faster and in one read and that was enough. In life you can repeat, re-read, there is no shortage of time, you can win if you want, Just work and invest. perhaps a bit of Focus helps. Do one thing and do it very well. Read a lot..