What Is The Value of Persistence???

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Hello Everyone,

Have you ever heard this phrase before: "Failure cannot handle Persistence" ? Whether you heard it before or not does not matter. What DOES matter is that it is TRUE!

Here is some proof:

1.) Abraham Lincoln failed many times before becoming President of The United States. Heck, He even had to borrow money to make it to his Inauguration! After all of that adversity, he turned out to be one of the most memorable historical figures in U.S. history.

2.)Benjamin Franklin used to be a rabble rousing trouble maker BEFORE becoming the famous inventor, statesman, scientist among other trades. You can find Mr. Franklin on the hundred dollar bill!

3.) Michael Jordan was cut from his high school varsity team in North Carolina. Look what happened to him...NCAA championship and SIX NBA title rings! Ultimately becoming widely considered as the greatest basketball player who ever lived.

4.) Tyler Perry was homeless living in his car BEFORE becoming the famous playwright, writer, director, producer, and actor that he is today.

5.) Oprah Winfrey used to play with cockroaches in her grandmother's low income apartment in Detroit, Michigan when she was a young girl. She was also physically abused by her uncle in Mississippi where she is originally from. Now she is at the helm of a media empire (Harpo Productions, Oxygen Network).

6.) Joseph Kennedy was a MAJOR bootlegger connected with the Italian Mafia during Prohibition BEFORE creating the political powerhouse that the Kennedys eventually became.

7.) Dan Aykroyd was a postal worker in Canada BEFORE achieving his dream as an actor in Hollywood back in the early eighties.

8.) Jim Carrey used to practice in front of the mirror making those crazy facial expressions he is known for. He even made out a check to himself for ten million dollars! He also drove up to the Hollywood hills often and looked down at the L.A. skyline (He had the check with him each time).

9.) Kyle and Carsonwere successful internet entrepreneurs separately BEFORE creating what we know as WEALTHY AFFILIATE.

10.) The United States was attacked at Pearl Harbor BEFORE entering World War 2 and emerging from it as a super power. A Japanese Admiral said the following after the attack on Pearl Harbor: "We may have awaken a sleeping giant". It turns out he was right.

11.) What's your story going to be???

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Great posts. We are beginning our story.........we will have to wait until the end to write it.

That is true. Thanks for the comment.

Yeah, that´s the spirit! Keep up the good work and be persistence. The succes will follow:) Thanks, for this great post!

No problem. Thanks for the comment. Have a great day Marian!

Great posting Cory! Very motivating to see that anything is possible if you don't give up.

Thanks Daniel.

Very true, the reward of persistence is very real and extremely powerfull !

Thanks for commenting.

Good one, Cory!
It was Thomas Edison who said: "The three great essentials to achieve anything worth while are: Hard work, Stick-to-itiveness, and Common sense."
He also said, after finally inventing an incandescent lightbulb that worked - "I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work."
Now, that's positive thinking as well - add that to the list!

I forgot about Thomas Edison. Thanks for refreshing my memory.

11) Stephanie Kupfer is a simple girl from Toronto, Canada with a huge dream and the drive she needed to make her dreams come true. She was on the lower end of the social spectrum in high school before she became an internationally known blogger and philanthropist.

Inspiring story Stephanie.

:-) I will get there one day!

Very true! Persistence will defeat any resistance along the way!

Ten times out of ten. Thanks for responding.

Hi Corey, what an excellent post. I enjoyed reading this. Who knows where I'll be, I just hope that I can be successful at this. Good luck. Jackie X

Thank you for reading and good luck to you as well!

I know I am going to succeed. When? I don't know. How? I don't know. But it will happen! Great article for motivation. Cheers.

No one knows exactly when that magical breakthrough will take place. All we can do is keep moving forward until it happens. Thanks for reading.

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