Always P E R S I S T

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Posted by: " | RS | " rajesh.seshadri.india rajeshseshadri

Wed May 14, 2008 6:44 pm (PDT)

 

Many of life's failures are people who did not realize how close they

were to success when they gave up.

 

Nothing in the world can take the place of Persistence. Talent will

not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius

will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not;

the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination

alone are omnipotent. The slogan " Press On " has solved and always will

solve the problems of the human race.

 

One of the keys to being successful in anything you do is persistence.

Once you have determined exactly what it is you want to accomplish,

you must take massive action on a consistent, persistent basis in

order to succeed. Think of it like building a muscle. If you have

never weight trained before, the first time you walk into a gym,

chances are you will not be able to bench press 250 lbs. However, if

you are persistent, and you consistently go back to the gym, you will

find yourself getting stronger and closer to your goal with each and

every visit.

 

One of the things you'll notice on your journey towards your goal, are

roadblocks. That is, you will encounter obstacles that seem to jump

out of nowhere in an attempt to halt your progress. Count on these

obstacles. They are a part of life. Everyone would have every success

they ever wanted if there were no obstacles. Your job is to be

persistent and work through those obstacles. If you find little or no

obstacles along the way, chances are you are not really challenging

yourself. And when you do reach your goal, you won't experience the

feeling of 'sweet success'. Make your goal a challenging one!

 

If you take the time to study any successful person, you will learn

that the vast majority of them have had more 'failures' than they have

had 'successes'. This is because successful people are persistent; the

more they stumble and fall, the more they get right back up and get

going again. On the other hand, people that don't get back up and try

again, never reach success. For example, Walt Disney was turned down

302 times before he got financing for his dream of creating the

" Happiest Place on Earth " . Today, due to his persistence, millions of

people have shared 'the joy of Disney'. Colonel Sanders spent two

years driving across the United States looking for restaurants to buy

his chicken recipe. He was turned down 1,009 times! How successful is

Kentucky Fried Chicken today? Having said this, keep in mind that you

must constantly reevaluate your circumstances and the approach you are

using to reach your goal. There is no sense in being persistent at

something that you are doing incorrectly! Sometimes you have to modify

your approach along the way. Every time you do something you learn

from it, and therefore find a better way to do it the next time.