Persist Towards Success

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Kyle used this phrase in one of his comments and it instantly stuck with me.

"Persist Towards Success".

What a great way to combine the definitions of both determination and endurance.

Vidal Sassoon once said, "The only place in the world where success comes before work is in the dictionary." He's right. Success is not accidental. It is the product of hard work and is the backbone needed to keep going when nothing that is happening at the moment seems like success.

I once heard a great little story about success and failure:

It seems that one day the devil decided to hold a garage sale. One of the browsers looked over all the tools, and then picked up an old, polished, strangely-shaped hammer.

"What's this?" he asked the devil.

"Oh," the devil replied. "That's not for sale. It's the most effective tool I own, in fact."

The browser examined it carefully. "It looks pretty used," he said. "Why isn't it for sale?"

The devil smiled. "As worn as it gets," he answered, "It never gets worn out. It's the best weapon I have against success."

"What's is it?" The browser asked curiously.

"Discouragement", the devil answered.

Success is never guaranteed. Failure is--if we get discouraged and don't persist.

T.S. Eliot once said, "Success is relative. It is what we can make of the mess we have made of things."

So don't give up. Messing up is discouraging! But it's part of the process, not an indication you are failing. Persist. Punch discouragement in the face and keep on keeping on. Continue examining your website. How can you make it more authoritative, easier to read and navigate? What can you do to generate more traffic? How can you promote your website on and off the internet.

We do mess up. But if we persist we can fix things and create a business that actually makes money!

Don't give up. Take a rest if you have to, but don't give up..

Persist towards success.

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Nice one

Thanks! I just noticed now that I left a paragraph in when I was editing that didn't belong. Talk about messing up! :)

Your doing well

Very kind of you to say so.

great advice I am taking a rest right now to digest what i don't know hopefully my intuition will kick in and guide me because my intellect can sure make a mess of things......lol

LOL! It sure can! I don't know how many things I've messed up because I overthink it!

I love this, just great advise. Thanks.

Thanks, Jackie! All the best to you.

Absolutely.

:)

thanks so much for this encouraging message!

It's from the heart. Thanks for the supportive comment!

Great post, thank you for sharing :)

Most welcome, thanks for reading! :)

Success is a journey... Work hard to make it a gratifying journey...

That's a great thought, Weldon. It can be a gratifying journey if we work hard.

Amen, I wrote a blog once; failure is not an option. Still the truth, we must persist.

Not giving up is one of the best things we can do to succeed!

Awesome post!

Thanks Joe! :)

Thank you for defining success!

You are most welcome!

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