Colonel Sanders went to more than 1,000 places trying to sell his chicken fry recipe before he found an interested buyer. The fact that we can find “Kentucky Fried Chicken” almost anywhere in the world today attests to his perseverance.
Thomas Edison tried thoudands of different ways before he succeeded in creating the electric bulb. If he had given up, you would have been strggling to read this story!
The original business plan for what was to become Federal Express was given a failing grade on Fred Smith¹s college exam. And, in the early days, their employees would cash their pay checks at retail stores, rather than at banks. This meant it would take longer for the money to clear, thereby giving Fed Express more time to cover their payroll.
Sylvester Stallone had been turned down a thousand times by agents and was down to his last $600 before he found a company that would produce Rocky. The rest of his story you know.
To truly succeed requires a total commitment to your goal. Too many people make the mistake of quitting just short of success. Keep going no matter what. If you really believe in what you are doing, give it all you’ve got and don’t give up.
You will succeed.
There is no such thing as failure. Every action produces an outcome. It may not always be the outcome you are looking for, but it is an outcome nonetheless. If you monitor the results of your actions and keep correcting what is not working, you will eventually produce the outcome you are looking for.
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