Sunday, April 27, 2008

5 Enemies of Perseverance

A lifestyle of giving up.

Talent without perseverance never comes to full fruition. Opportunities without persistence will be lost. There is a direct correlation between perseverance and potential. If you have a habit of giving up, you need to overcome it to be successful.

A wrong belief that life should be easy.

John C. Norcross has studied people and their goals, and he has found a characteristic that distinguishes those who reach their goals from those who don’t: expectations.

A wrong belief that success is a destination.

It’s ironic, but past success can be the fiercest enemy to future success.

“Complacency is the last hurdle any winner, any team must overcome before attaining potential greatness. Complacency is the success disease: it takes root when you’re feeling good about who you are and what you’ve achieved.”
~Pat Riley

A lack of resiliency.

“You can’t get much done in life if you only work on the days you feel good.”
~Jerry West

A lack of vision.

Everything that is created is actually created twice. First it is created mentally; then it is created physically. Where does that mental creation come from? The answer is vision
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