04th July, 2022
This quote by George Bernard Shaw offers me inspiration on difficult days when my goals seem too far away:
“The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore, all progress depends on the unreasonable man.”
The Difference in winning and not losing is most often not quitting.
It took Walt Disney 16 years to get the rights to make Mary Poppins, now considered one of the best films of that time.
He was turned down 302 times when trying to find financing for Disneyland before striking a deal with the television studios.
And in the most unbelievable story, he was fired from his first job ever, at a newspaper for not being creative and innovative enough! He went on to own that same company.
Walt was able to keep pushing because he believed in himself and in his dreams, giving him the resilience to work hard and make them come true.
Steve Jobs laid out the success mantra beautifully when he said,
“I’d rather have average talent with a fierce heart that inspires me to be unstoppable versus being brilliant – but frightened to do anything with it.
Press on. Nothing in the world can take the place of persistence.
I’m convinced that about half of what separates the successful entrepreneurs from the non-successful ones is pure perseverance.”
Dream Big, Believe in your dreams & stay blessed forever.