“Hello, Americans! This is Paul Harvey!” (Pause) “Stand by for news!” For decades, millions of Americans turned on their radios around noon five days a week to listen to Paul Harvey’s 15 minute news show. He delivered a unique form of news, opinion and wit from his studio high above Michigan Avenue in Chicago to […]
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5.7: One Easy Thing You Can Do to Help You Persevere!
Do you have someone around you who whines about the sun when it’s hot and then when it is winter he/she complains about the cold? Do you have a friend or relative who dumps their problems on you but they never attempt to change the way they think, speak or act? Some people feel so […]
5.6: Perseverance Power is Enhanced in Surrender
More often than I care to admit, I have quit. I have walked off of jobs, terminated projects, and submitted to the realities of more than one broken business model. No doubt there were times when I quit too soon; if I would have persevered another day or week or month, I may have achieved […]
5.5: The Reward of Perseverance
“Cassie won a full-ride scholarship to a Division One California University!” bragged my friend whose granddaughter is a star high-school track athlete. “What is her best event?” I asked. “The 100 meter hurdles,” he answered with a puffed up chest (he was a state high school championship hurdler many years ago). I told him I […]
5.4: Persevere Power – When Quitters Win
Quitting seems to be a way of life for so many people. How many teenagers do you know who quit school a few months before graduation? Look up and down your street – how many divorced people live around you? Did you ever get so mad at your boss that you walked off the job? […]
5.3: A Purposeful Life Creates Perseverance Power
People without purpose are not living they are only existing. They are like a rudderless ship on a vast ocean driven hither and yon by the winds and tides. They wonder what the heck happened in the past while they wander aimlessly into the future. On the other hand, people with a purpose are established, […]