The one thing I can guarantee is that life will test your resolve and commitment. It's the way the universe works. Here are some examples of famous setbacks that demonstrated that they understood "sticktoitivity."
Decca Records rejected the Beatles claiming they didn't like their sound and guitar music was on the way out.
Fred Smith the founder of Federal Express received a grade of C on his senior thesis outlining the concept for Federal Express. The professor claimed the idea was not feasible.
When Thomas Edison was a boy his teacher told him he was too stupid to learn anything.
F.W. Woolworth got a job in a dry goods store when he was 21, but his employer would not let him wait on customers because he "didn't have enough good sense."
Western Union rejected the telephone when Alexander Graham Bell offered them the rights of manufacture and distribution. They considered the technology as having too many shortcomings.
Dr. Seuss was rejected by numerous publishers who claimed that verse and fantasy would not sell.
A newspaper editor fired Walt Disney because he had no good ideas.
Winston Churchill failed the 6th grade.
Steven Spielberg dropped out of high school his sophomore year. He was persuaded to come back and placed in a learning disabled class. He lasted a month a dropped out of school forever.
Albert Einstein had such poor grades in school that his teacher asked him to quit telling him that "he would never amount to anything."
?"Fall seven times; stand up eight."
Have you ever defined "success" or "failure" on your own terms? I highly recommend doing so. It certainly creates a sense of understanding, focus and purpose in your life. Sometimes success is learning how to fail. Sometimes success is overcoming the obstacles that define failure. Sometimes all you need to succeed is sticktoitivity. The only failure is not learning anything from the experience.
Here's to you standing up on the eighth time!
Sticktoitivity!
Harald Anderson is the co-founder of Artinspires.com a leading online gallery of motivational Posters and Inspirational Posters."When Art Inspires, Dreams Become Realities. His goal in life is to become the kind of person that his dog already thinks he is. http://www.artinspires.com.
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