The Tao of Success -September 26
“Nothing in the world can take the place of Persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common place than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; Unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and Determination alone are omnipotent. “ Calvin Coolidge
“If you are determined to gather life’s honey, to be stung so many times that you become numb to the pain, to persevere and persist till those who know and love you become unable to think of you as a fairly normal woman, you will not be called mad. You will be called authentic.” September 26, Simple Abundance, Sarah Ban Breathnach
Wow! powerful words. I read today in my Simple Abundance book, which by the way, was written in the 90’s. I saved it from the Goodwill pile and started reading it a few weeks ago. Even though it was written 14 years ago, it has become a book that I read every day since. Now that we are some months into our little business the rosy glow of the first few weeks have worn off and it is time to be self disciplined and persistent. I am the first to admit I am not self disciplined and I would say not persistent. I prefer the easy way, if it doesn’t come easy, what’s the point! right? I am sure I am not the only one. Now is the time when we need to do the things that are hard and do them first. Networking, planning, scheduling, advertising, in other words, putting myself out there. It is so easy to want to just not try and in doing so, is it our subconscious way of being afraid of some sort of success? Woman can so easily self sabotage because of fears.
Do what is hard and keep doing it. Eventually, it becomes easy. Right? Try it with me.