PERSEREVERENCE

PERSEREVERENCE

“I will persist until I succeed. The prizes of life are at the end of each

journey, not near the beginning; and it is not given to me to know how many

steps are necessary in order to reach my goal. Failure I may still encounter

at the thousandth step, yet success hides behind the next bend in the road.

Never will I know how close it lies unless I turn the corner. Always will I

take another step. If that is of no avail, I will take another, and yet another.

In truth, one step at a time is not too difficult. I will persist until I succeed.

What we need to understand is this: The monumentally great

people of our lifetime, the tremendously successful achievers, have a

better way of implementing the intense, burning desire about bigger

dreams and goals than other people. That is the only difference. So, you

can do whatever it is that consumes you, obsesses you, day and night.

The saying comes to mind, “What the mind of man can conceive and

believe, it can achieve with a positive mental attitude.” Og Mandino

“Do You Have an Intense Desire?

There are many people out there who will never, ever achieve

anything monumental. They may never even achieve semi-monumental

goals. They have wants and desires, but like many people, they will

never develop the intense, burning desire needed to fan the flame and

turn that want into an all-consuming desire. Why? It is simple: It is

much easier to do nothing. Much easier to plod along day after day,

working eight hours, getting paid mediocre wages, going home and

doing whatever they want, enjoying their routine lives, and going back

to the mundane job the next day, not really being happy with their jobs

but never being truly motivated to the point of becoming consumed

with changing their present circumstances.

There is nothing wrong with being average. Average people keep

the country moving. Average is okay and completely acceptable in our

society. But if you want to be different, if you want to change, then you

must prepare yourself to make that commitment to achieve.

Entrepreneurial Spirit

I am amazed at how many young people are driven to succeed. I

hear stories of how busboys working their way through high school work

up the ladder of a restaurant business. They continue working in that

restaurant after high school and through college. And that same busboy

becomes a waiter, then a maitre d, and then ultimately the owner or

partner in the same restaurant. That is true desire—the ability to keep

your eye on the ball, never getting sidetracked, until the long-term goal

is achieved.

We Are Each Born into This World Destined for Greatness!

Sam Walton was born in Oklahoma on March 29, 1918, on the

family farm, where he worked until the family moved to Missouri. As a

youth, Walton also worked at various odd jobs, including as a lifeguard,

newspaper delivery boy, and waiter. He later worked at the JC Penney

department store, and also served in the Army.

After the war, Walton opened up a variety store by scratching

together money saved from his Army days and from his father-in-law.

He was able to buy goods at super-low wholesale rates and to offer his

goods for sale at very reasonable prices.

In 1962, Walton opened a five-and-dime store and eventually

expanded across the country. By 1991, his retail enterprise was the

largest in the world. Now Wal-Mart is world-renowned as the store with

the great bargains, and his stores are thriving even in these economically

challenging times.

C – 2012 JOHN PAUL CARINCI – from the book An All-Consuming Desire To Succeed