There's Always a Way: How to Develop a Positive Mindset and Succeed in Business and Life

Chapter 10. Give It All You've Got!

	"All things are possible until they are proved impossible, and even the impossible may only be so, as of now."
	--Pearl S. Buck, American author

	"You have to know, not only in your mind but also in your heart, 'I want this.'"
	--Sir David Michels, former Group Chief Executive, Hilton Hotels

	"You just can't beat the person who will never give up."
	--Babe Ruth, baseball great

	"Just don't give up trying to do what you want to do."
	--Ella Fitzgerald, singer

	"Never confuse a single defeat with a final defeat."
	--F. Scott Fitzgerald, American author

Give It All You've Got!

How to Master Any Situation

Much of my career has been empowered by what I call "obvious secrets."

An obvious secret is a truism that nobody pays any attention to. It's a life-altering fact that everybody learns and then forgets.

For example, here's an "obvious secret" that has helped me achieve my goals better than anything I ever learned in school: If you're going to master the task before you, you have to give it everything you've got. Always. Everywhere. All the time. All the way.

Obvious?

Actually, the number of people I meet in the business community who ignore this super-important truth is staggering. "Trying" for so many people means making an effort twice or three times. Not ten times. Or a hundred.

Or a thousand.

Whatever it takes.

When Thomas Edison was working in his New Jersey laboratory to perfect the electric lightbulb, his attempts to come up with an efficient lighting filament ...