Secret of Success in 8 words

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Across
  1. 2. To continue to do something despite difficulties or opposition, often in a determined way.
  2. 5. The accomplishment of an aim or purpose; achieving desired results.
  3. 7. Meetings at which people talk to each other in order to ask questions and get information.
  4. 9. The expression of disapproval of someone or something based on perceived faults or mistakes.
Down
  1. 1. Repeated exercise in or performance of an activity or skill so as to acquire or maintain proficiency in it.
  2. 2. A strong feeling of enthusiasm or excitement for something or about doing something.
  3. 3. The center of interest or activity; to concentrate attention or effort.
  4. 4. A special right, advantage, or immunity granted or available only to a particular person or group.
  5. 6. A speech or talk in which a new product, idea, or piece of work is shown and explained to an audience.
  6. 8. The use of imagination or original ideas to create something; inventiveness.