The MythBusters co-host told the graduates that behind all the explosions and dangerous experiments on television lies enormous discipline — brainstorming, research, planning, budgeting, construction, testing, and analysis. He shared that he had tried all sorts of things in his adventurous life and discovered he could accomplish virtually anything as long as he approached it systematically. He emphasized that this unglamorous truth — being methodical and diligent — was the single most reliable predictor of success he had observed.