8) - BE FEROCIOUSLY PERSIST ANT
EMERSON WROTE- A man is a hero, not because he is braver than anyone else, but because he was brave for ten minutes longer.
In our past steps we talked about strong self-esteem, positive attitudes, goals, good habits and learning from others and of coarse pressure.
Now comes the hard part.
The part that determines who is actually going to stick to the plan and who will fall by the wayside.
THE KEY IS PERSISTENCE
There's no real mystery to it. No secret blueprint. Nothing that is all that complicated. Simply the awareness that after you establish the work ethic, and after you've started to master the techniques, the real struggle is just beginning.
It's persistence that makes you great. It's persistence that allow you to reach your dreams. It's persistence that enables you to perform at your fullest potential.
There is no better example of persistence than Thomas Edison, Edison received 1,033 patents, including ones for the phonograph, microphone, and the incandescent electric lamp. He certainly had more then his share of victories along the way.
But think of how many failures he had, literally thousands. To his credit Edison did not see them as such. When reminded that he failed like 25,000 times while experimenting with the storage battery, Edison responded by saying, "No, I didn't fail. I discovered 24,999 ways that the storage battery does not work".
The dictionary says - persistence is "refusing to give up, or let go. Continuing despite opposition."
More on Persistence in our next posting.....
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