Persistence

Friends, I think there is one secret to success that we have not covered yet. That secret is :

Persistence.

What is persistence, exactly? It is the ability to keep pressing on, even when you want to throw in the towel. If you are working on a goal, such as trying to lose weight, you have to keep pressing forward. Motivation is important, granted, but more important is action. The best of intentions won’t produce results – only action will. If you keep taking action, and start getting results, you will be motivated to press on, thus restarting a cycle. You also have to realize that there is a such thing as the appropriate time to give in – throw in the towel. A great example of knowing when to say when is here. Have you ever heard of a company called Traf-O-Data? It was a company owned by Bill Gates, pre-Microsoft. Had he persisted and not known when to give up, Microsoft may never have existed. Persistence is not the same as stubbornness. There is no great honor in clinging to a goal or plan that just won’t work, doesn’t inspire you, or otherwise is no longer appropriate.

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