The Success Factor - To Succeed at Anything, There's 1 Simple Rule to Follow

Many (myself included) have tried and keep trying things in their lives - having a relationship, starting a business, becoming better in a certain sport. Plans, goals, resolutions... great - but many of these enterprises fail for so many people. Why? What is lacking? I investigated and found that the answer is actually amazingly simple. Here it is:

Don’t give up.

Yup, that’s it. Again?

Don’t give up, stupid.

Yes, indeed. Why give if you wanted something and you're not getting it? Why not just keep trying?

And to be more precise: don’t give up when things are getting hard.

Or put differently: Keep going until you reach your goal, no matter what.

Yes, indeed, based on lots of material I have read, based on conversations I’ve had, based on my own experience also, I believe that persistence is usually the only thing that really makes the difference.

Persist and you succeed (after lots of work and pain and doubt and what have you…).

Stop in the middle and you can write off your project.

So simple, huh? Too simple, you say?

Don’t forget this: simple truths are often the most difficult to live by.

Persisting is not difficult when you start something. It’s not difficult when things are going fine. In fact, that’s not really persisting. The word ‘to persist’ becomes relevant only when the situation you’re in has become difficult and a part of you (or the complete you) wants to give up. At that moment, at that moment only, you take a critical decision: to go on or to give up. You’ll have to be strong.

Voila, my view… let me know what you think. I'm trying to apply this idea to my life.

Great quotes from Zig Ziglar and many others about persistence are on the Successful Living Quotes site.

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