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Perseverance Is the Key to Success
1. Perseverance Is the Key to
Success
Michael Lee
http://www.choosetobelieve.net
2. Most of us, in a lifetime, cherish a dream
that we know can take us really far in
life. We have all been blessed with some
sort of talent; all we need to do is
discover it and turn it into our
profession.
3. The most important step we can take
towards achieving that goal is taking
action! But unfortunately, even when
the first move is made, we do not go
through with it the whole way simply
because we lack the quality of
perseverance.
4. We may have heard about perseverance
being the key to success a hundred
times before, but never really stepped
back to think what it actually means
and how it is relevant to our lives. Most
of us tend to get bogged down by little
failures and just give up on dreams that
may have been long cherished.
6. It is easy to get discouraged during times
of difficulties. We may feel hollow and
empty, and may even think that there is
no purpose in life when a challenging
situation comes along.
7. The shame of a single failure becomes so
huge in our minds that we are not even
ready to take a “re-look” at things. We
just quit saying that it was not meant to
be! But we tend to forget that failure
indeed is the only stepping stone to
success.
8. When pursuing our dreams, we have to
do it the old fashioned way! We have to
carry on despite the many obstacles
that are likely to present itself. When
these obstacles come up in form of
little failures, we can't afford to give up!
9. We are not talking about sticking to a
path that we know will lead to sure shot
failure (that's stupidity!), but a path
that we think will lead us to the
fulfilment of our dreams. It’s all about
having the right attitude.
10. If we make a decision to stay focussed
on our dreams no matter what, we will
see that even the most devastating
failures will seem insignificant. It's
about having our goal in sight at all
times.
11. Giving into despair will do us no good, as
all we will do is feel sorry for ourselves
and wallow in self pity. On the other
hand, if we accept our failures as the
stepping stones and learn from them,
we will be successful in our endeavours
sooner than later!
12. Mostly all the successful people that the
whole world knows about today have
met with failure, not once but
numerous times till success has come
knocking on their door.
14. Did you know that the man who gave us the
immortal cartoon characters like Mickey
Mouse, was fired by a newspaper editor
because he felt that Walt Disney lacked
imagination? When he decided to start his
own animation company, he was turned
down 302 times; but it did not stop him
from pursuing his dreams. And Disney was
not alone.
15. In more recent times, JK Rowling
(bestselling author and the creator of
Harry Potter), was penniless and the
manuscript that she had written was
rejected as many as twelve times. But
she chose not to give up. She kept
pursuing publishers till Bloomsbury
decided to publish her first book, and
the rest as they say is history!
16. A kind publisher once told Rowling that
she should consider getting a day job
because there was no future in
children’s books. Little did he know
then that Rowling would become even
richer than the Queen of England
someday!
17. So as you see, failures will come our way.
Many small and big failures. But if we
give up, we will not only end up feeling
deprived, but will also deprive the world
of something truly beautiful!
