Tough Times Never Last But Tough People Do

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Ninety-five percent of all new businesses go out of business within the first five years or less. Why do they fail? There are many starters in life - but very few finish what they start. When the going gets tough, most people fold. They don't persist hard enough or persevere long enough. They don't have a red-hot flaming burning desire to succeed. They don't make it their definite major purpose. They don't take enough personal initiative to make it happen - they don't go the extra mile. They don't want it bad enough. They don't have enough self-control and discipline. Shall I go on? I could write a book on why so many people fail, but I'd rather talk about those who succeed.

There are three kinds of people: people who make things happen -- people who watch someone else make it happen -- and people who don't know what's happening.

The Make-It-Happen People
Thomas Edison persisted through 4,999 different attempts to invent and perfect the incandescent lamp. He finally succeeded on his 5,000th attempt. This is a recorded fact. What do you suppose he had that others didn't have? Successful people keep moving. They make mistakes, but they don't quit. Success seems to be largely a matter of hanging on after others have let go.

"Never, never, never, never give up" --Winston Churchill

"The majority of people meet with failure because of their lack of persistence in
creating new plans to take the place of those which fail" --Napoleon Hill

What is persistence? It is the power to hold on in spite of everything, to endure--this is the winner's quality. Persistence is the ability to face defeat again and again without giving up--to push on in the face of great difficulty. Persistence means taking pains to overcome every obstacle, to do all that's necessary to reach you goals. To go on resolutely, in spite of difficulties... endurance. Having a fixed purpose, free from doubt or wavering. Firm in adherence to whatever one is bound to by duty or promise. Stubborn - unyielding - never giving up - never surrendering - willing to die for - never yielding to physical force, even when tortured - would rather die than betray or give up information. Refusing to relent. To be steadfast in purpose . To prevail, endure, remain, last.

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