Most
people give up just when they're about to achieve success, they give up at the
last minute of the game, one foot from a winning touchdown. To succeed, we must
have the will to succeed, we must have stamina, determination, backbone,
perseverance, self-reliance and faith.
Never
despair, but if you do, work on in despair. The rewards for those who persevere
far exceed the pain that must precede victory. I do not think there is any
other quality so essential to success of any kind as the quality of
perseverance. It overcomes almost everything, even nature.
When
the truly great people discover that they have been deceived by the signposts
along the road of life, they just shift gears and keep on going. Perseverance
does not always mean sticking to the same thing forever. It means giving full
concentration and effort to whatever you are doing right now - the absolute
choice to greatness and the vehicle to personal and financial freedom!
True
perseverance is not forced. People who are fired up don't have to push
themselves to persevere. When you are excited about what you are doing, you
don't have to convince yourself to "stick-to-it". You have to
convince yourself not to. It's not something you have to do, it's something you
want to do. With passion as a base, perseverance comes naturally.
Many
men fail because they quit too soon. They lose faith when the signs are against
them. They do not have the courage to hold on, to keep fighting in spite of
that which seems insurmountable. If more of us would strike out and attempt the
"impossible" , we very soon would find the truth of that old saying
that nothing is impossible ... abolish fear and you can accomplish anything you
wish.
You
can become whoever you want to become in your life. You have to begin with the
end in mind. You must everyday and every time reflect onto your mind the
successful person you want to become in your life. By repeatedly doing that,
your state of mind will be elevated onto a manifestation that would allow the
creation of a powerful magnetic force in you thereby attracting all the
positive people towards you enabling you to accomplish your dream in life.
You
can do it gradually - day by day and play by play - if you want to do it, if
you will to do it, if you work to do it over a sufficiently long period of
time. Big shots are only little shots that keep shooting. Even the woodpecker
owes his success to the fact that he uses his head and keeps pecking away until
he finishes the job he starts.
Keep
on keeping on going and the chances are you will stumble on something, perhaps
when you are least expecting it. I never heed of anyone stumbling on something
sitting down. How can we preserve our aspirations and at the same time develop
the toughness of mind and spirit to face the fact that there are no easy
victories? One is a tough-minded recognition that the fight for a better world
is a long one.
PERSEVERANCE
IS PERSISTENCE IN SELF-DISCIPLINE.
YOU
AND ONLY YOU CAN CREATE YOUR OWN SUCCESS!
IT'S
ALL IN YOUR STATE OF MIND!
