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"Nothing in the world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not. Nothing
is more common 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. The slogan "press on" has
solved and always will solve the problems of the human race."
- Calvin Coolidge (1872-1933), 39th U.S. President

"The twin killers of success are impatience and greed."

- Jim Rohn

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Failure is a gold mine!

More important, successful people have at one time or another experienced

catastrophic failure. They are people who have rolled up their sleeves and gone to
work on a project in which they earnestly believed, only to discover themselves
ridiculous and embarrassing failures in spite of all their plans and work. As a
result, these people had to sit down and perform ruthless surgery upon their souls
- to examine themselves and the cause of their failure.

The middle-of-the-road author who achieves early success about halfway up the
ladder continues at this middle performance all the rest of his days. The single
element permanently inhibiting his success is not a lack of inspiration or talent,
necessarily, but the absence of catastrophic failure and the soul surgery that
follows it.

The person who settles in for a lifetime of doing an average job in an average way
experiences neither success nor failure but, rather, a lifetime of middle-level
performance. The element lacking is shock therapy: failure!

The bucket of ice-cold water that forces him to take inventory, reorganise,
reeducate himself, and realise that a large success in any field takes a large
effort and unflagging patience and dedication.

Robert Hillyer, the poet and teacher, wrote: "Of course it's natural to have
nervous moments. Everyone who has spoken in public is acquainted with the panic
that seizes one just before the occasion, and we are told that the best actors are
those who are nervous just before the curtain goes up. There is always the fear
that lines will be forgotten, that something will go wrong, and yet the play goes
on, usually without a hitch."

Don't let a big failure, or a series of little ones, keep you from trying again.
Robert Hillyer went on to say: " . . . Preliminary lack of confidence attends every
accomplishment known to man - the launching of a military campaign, the composition
of a poem, the salesman's first call, the bride's cookery. But if we all succumbed
to such misgivings, nothing would ever be done."

William Blake wrote: "If the Sun and the Moon should doubt, they would immediately
go out."

"Self-doubt is caused," Hillyer went on to write, "by the fact that every human
activity involves some other person whose praise or blame seems unduly important.
We set a goal of perfection before ourselves and groaningly conclude that it cannot
be achieved.

"But perfection is a dangerous state of mind in an imperfect world. The best way is
to forget doubts and set about the task at hand. While the battle is being fought
or the cake is baking in the oven, leave the outcome to the future, where it
belongs. If you are doing your best, you will not have time to worry about
failure."

Failure is the best guarantee of future success. To fail, we have to try something.
This in itself is an achievement, regardless of the outcome.

So try again, and build your success upon the failures of the past. Go after that
dream in your heart. Give it everything you've got, and don't concern yourself
about the outcome. Leave that to the future, where it belongs.

Concentrate on your targets and on doing your very best.

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Hugs, Health, Happiness and Harmony :-)

Rod and Pauline Hyatt