Persistence: The Oxygen Supply for Your Fire
I’ve compared passion to fire, and like any fire, it needs three components to work for you. The first component is fuel. That’s your attitude. We talked about that in the last chapter. But to keep your passion fire burning, it also needs oxygen. That’s persistence. With those two components in place, you’re well on your way to getting more of The Champion Edge into your career and life.
Great minds throughout the ages have confirmed that. About two hundred years ago, the great American philosopher Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882) said, “Every great success is ultimately the triumph of persistence.”1
CEO and best-selling author Harvey Mackay says, “I’ve known entrepreneurs ...
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