PERSISTENCE               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.  Today is the day to begin your journey, using consistency and persistency,  towards tomorrow’s successes!  - Glen Hopkins  This article may be reprinted with the following attachment:  Copyright (c) 1999 Glen Hopkins
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