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Today's
Quotation:
People who have attained things worth having in this
world have
worked
while others idled, have persevered
when others
gave up in despair,
have practiced early
in life the
valuable habits of self-denial, industry,
and
singleness
of purpose. As a result, they enjoy later in life
the
success
so often erroneously attributed to good luck.
Grenville Kleiser
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Today's
Meditation:
There's
very little in this world that can substitute for
persistence. It's almost impossible to achieve
anything without it, for very few of our greatest
achievements just happen. We've all read the stories
of the books that were turned down by many publishers, or
the ideas that were rejected by hundreds before someone
finally realized the potential. Colonel Sanders tried
to license his recipe for Kentucky Fried Chicken to over
1,000 establishments before he found a buyer.
Athletes
make their sports look easy because of the thousands of
hours of work that they've devoted to them. A
good singer seems to be able to hit every note effortlessly
only because he or she has spent countless hours practicing
and learning and practicing some more. When they
become successful, it's easy to call them lucky or to forget
the amount of work that they've put into their chosen field,
but the fact is that they kept on with what they wanted to
do and didn't give up.
Giving
up is easy. When we've tried something for so long
without success, it's a great feeling to put it behind us
and not have to worry any more about why something isn't
working. Getting that stress out of our lives can be a
very liberating feeling. But if it's something that we
feel deeply about, that we know is important and is
something strongly related to who we are as human beings,
giving up can leave a hole, an empty space inside ourselves
that possibly can't be filled with anything else.
If
you keep on, you will meet with success. The level of
success may not be what you might have envisioned--your
website may not have a million hits a day or your business
may not grow into a nationwide chain--but you will meet with
success. And sometimes the modest successes are much
more fulfilling and much better for our spirits than the
so-called "major" successes, that come with a huge
workload and many more responsibilities.
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