WISDOM FROM MY FACEBOOK FRIENDS: PERSISTENCE

Our world of social networking is exploding. In fact…so much…that it’s often overwhelming, keeping up with all the invitations from people I don’t even know, but know people who know people who know people I might kinda know! And then there’s the Groups, the Causes, the Fans… Oy!

There are times in my busy day that I often don’t have time to return phone calls to friends and family, who begin to wonder if I fell off a cliff somewhere…and there are even days when running off to the bathroom seems like a luxury of time! SOOOO…imagine for folks like me the inundation of stuff from my emails, from LinkedIn, from Naymz, from Twitter, and beyond.

I say all this as prologue to my offering of some lovely wisdom that came to me from Shawn Murphy on FaceBook. This is wisdom and inspiration at its best, and I couldn’t have said it better myself, so I haven’t even tried:

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Subject: Persistence

Why is Persistence so important in our lives today? Let’s start by putting this question to Robert Jarvik, Robert was a man that was rejected by every Medicinal College in the United States at least 3 times. What kept this mans ambitions and dreams going when all he received was rejection and disappointment? PERSISTENCE!

The University of Utah School of Medicine finally excepted Robert in 1972, just 10 years later Dr Robert Jarvik created the first artificial heart. This mans passion and unwavering determination to achieve his goal would not have been enough without his PERSISTENCE!

Robert did not have the greatest entrance marks for medicinal school, or the highest I.Q, but what he lacked in these areas he surly made up for with his persistence. He saw greatness in his future, greatness in the field of medicine. So for him to arrive at his destination he had to continue following his dream and not allow anything to push him off course.

Napoleon Hill devoted an entire chapter of his book “Think and Grow Rich”, to the topic of Persistence. Hill stated “There may be no heroic connection to the word persistence, but the quality is to the character of man, what carbon is to steel”.

Remember tenacity, perseverance, and courage, along with one more bite of the elephant may be all that is required for one to reach their goals and dreams. How do you eat an elephant? One bite at a time my friends, one bite at a time!

Do you know that the average individual today only reads at a grade six or seven level? So what does it take to improve these reading skills? Not much, reading 15 minutes per day would be enough to move above this reading level, just pushing yourself that one step further, spending a few extra minutes studying, or just not excepting your present place in life. This is enough to become the best in your field of choice, push yourself outside your comfort zone and see the greatness you can achieve in life, wanting to become great just isn’t enough. Perseverance is needed!

So the next time you come up against that resistance and you feel like success is not in your future, will you accept being very ordinary, or is extraordinary in your future? Persistence and one bite at a time……

To your success,

Shawn F Murphy

shawn@shawnfmurphy.com
http://www.facebook.com/l/6265e;www.shawnfmurphy.com
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I DO HOPE YOU HAVE ENJOYED SHAWN’S OFFERING! I DID.

With love and blessings,
Sheila