Most people think that persistent people are a pain. The truth is that persistent people are the people who accomplish the most whether it is at work, in athletics, or in any other activity.
Think of any activity and you will realize that the most successful people are the persistent people.
Let me give you a few examples from my life:
- As a young person I had a stutter. It was enhanced by stage fright. As a young officer I was asked to demonstrate a few simple techniques to a group of draftees. When I got on the stage I was so nervous I fainted. Yet, with practice I became one of the top instructors in the 2nd Armored Division. As time went on I became capable of speaking to audiences as large as 1,500 people.
- When I entered the financial business I was terrible at building my business. I decided that I would work twice as hard as the other trainees. They had 10 appointments per week, I had 20. After a while my skills improved and I became one of the most successful young advisors in New York State.
- When I contracted what was described as a terminal lung disease, probably connected to my military service in Vietnam, I was told that my only chance at living depended on exercise and taking the most awful medications. It was painful and made me sick. I did what was asked and then I did more exercise. It has been 13 years since I was given 2 years.
Persistency works. It works in so many ways. Accept failure and you are a failure. Be persistent and you will out preform everyone who does the minimum or gives up. It is simple math.
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