Real dedication is working on being in better shape than at least 95% of men in your demographic, along with the dietary adjustments and efforts that entails. Real dedication is spending hours and hours taking online dating photos to find the one that hides the hair loss most effectively and looks good. Real dedication is going from rejection to rejection with nothing but a small complaint, and certainly not a bad word to say about the rejector, until you've racked up over 30. Real dedication is a focus on being the most intelligent, strong and apparently confident person that you can be, despite being a NW6. Real dedication doesn't pay off and never has.