PERSISTENCEWritten by Glen Hopkins
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never reach success. For example, Walt Disney was turned down 302 times before he got financing for his dream of creating “Happiest Place on Earth”. Today, due to his persistence, millions of people have shared ‘the joy of Disney’. Colonel Sanders spent two years driving across United States looking for restaurants to buy his chicken recipe. He was turned down 1,009 times! How successful is Kentucky Fried Chicken today? Having said this, keep in mind that you must constantly reevaluate your circumstances and approach you are using to reach your goal. There is no sense in being persistent at something that you are doing incorrectly! Sometimes you have to modify your approach along way. Every time you do something you learn from it, and therefore find a better way to do it next time. Today is day to begin your journey, using consistency and persistency, towards tomorrow’s successes! - Glen Hopkins This article may be reprinted with following attachment: Copyright (c) 1999 Glen Hopkins --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Glen Hopkins, owns Motivational-Messages.com, your Free resource for daily motivation and inspiration, including quotes, tips, and stories to help you lead a successful life. Visit http://www.motivational-messages.com today! ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
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| | What Does It Take to Make a Committment?Written by Susan Dunn, MA, Emotional Intelligence Coach
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You’ve committed to stay faithful to your wife and then you attend a convention where a beautiful woman comes on to you and your lust is aroused, and next thing you know you’ve broken your commitment and you’re saying, “I don’t know what came over me.” What came over you was a feeling from reptilian brain. You acted on impulse, without thinking. If you’re making a commitment, you must make it emotionally. This means you are willing to manage emotions that interfere with clear thinking and directed action. The mental part is making plan and stating it. The physical part is to take action and continue taking action. And then you must manage your emotions so you stay focused, resist distractions and temptations, and stay positive. Every commitment implies time and during this time normal emotions and moods we all have are going to occur. How you manage them will make a difference in your ability to bind yourself mentally and physically to what you’ve committed to. Next time you make a commitment, don’t leave out most important element. That’s emotionally intelligent way.
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