Avoid quitting at the first sign of difficulty
Avoid quitting at the first sign of difficulty. This is so common place that a failure to persist turns into self-confirmation that not trying was the best option, which then turns into folklore and hearsay about the pointlessness of trying.
Anything worth doing or achieving is going to encounter hurdles and difficulties. Treat that as a given and treat the challenges as something that will test your mettle and shape you for the better, making you stronger, more astute and more compassionate. If at first you don't succeed, try it again and again.
If you don't get the job of your dreams or the publisher for your novel at the first, second or third attempts, make many more attempts. Too many people think that the first few rejections mean that it's never going to happen.
This is a self-limiting and baseless assumption; provided that you know your strategy or goal is right, it is simply a case of not repeating it enough times. Remember that there are a lot of people and a lot of opportunities in the world you can't possibly hope to pitch your own wishes and goals at the right people first off every time!
renelyn
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I do not make attempts: I go out with a full plan. If it means that I am rejected, my target does not know my full value - next target. Wishing and hoping has nothing to do with a battle plan. I admire your working in a foreign country, away from your family. but you have a plan and you will succeed. Larry
I agree with you that quitting seems to be the going rage these days. My first and (to me) most important goal was not to quit. I've achieved that and keep it handy for those days that nothing seems to go right. Thank you for the post
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Great post!
Habits are built by habits... If you quit (or give up) only one time (at anything) it will be easier to do the same next time...
But if you don´t give up on things... It will be easier to not give up the next time you doing something "hard" whatever it is.
This is really important to know thanks for sharing!