"Fall down seven times, stand up eight."
- Japanese Proverb
Never does failure enter the picture until you give up trying. Without that factor there is no such thing as failure.
Dr. Barious says this about drive, "Geniuses have a strong desire to work hard and long. They’re willing to give all they’ve got to a project. Develop your drive by focusing on your future success, and keep going."
Drive is an important factor for success, but the person who gives you the most drive is yourself. Persistence is a powerful tool. When you employ it you can arrive, as sooner or later you will achieve success on a path you have not faltered on. Enjoyment comes with accomplishment.
Never give up trying. We hear of persons who make and lose a million dollars, only to start again and make another million.
But setbacks come from three primary factors: the accidental or unexpected circumstance, not giving fully enough to the effort, or not having enough knowledge of what you are pursuing.
The Unpredicted
Unexpected events can come from a variety of things, like the weather or shifts in political-economic climate. An accident can break the players or the pieces.
When something can't be done one way, do it another way. Just figure out how else you can make it fly and do that. Be bright enough to recognize when a change needs to be made and run with it.
Disparaging Words
Your efforts may fail to supply the demand where you have not dedicated yourself to the plan. Letting naysayers and pessimists put down your ideas can cause you to drop your drive and purpose. This is sometimes enough to stop the whole activity. The worst is being too hard on yourself.
Be alert for sources of discouragement and realize that the invalidation is misguided. Reaffirm your special talents and review your goals. Set new targets for their attainment, or put the original targets back on the table.
Educate Yourself
Find out what you need to know. This is easier than ever before as the Internet hosts a ton of free or inexpensive information. The nomenclature and key words may be as far as you have to go, for getting the words of the subject fully understood greatly opens up creativeness and inventive ideas flow forth.
Finding out what you need to know may be as simple as a few articles or as much as going back to school. Discover what you don't know and learn it.
Use Your Resources
When a task doesn't seem to ever get done by you, but is necessary to your goals, it will most usually be found to be for lack of interest. Get someone else to do it. Outsource the activity by by paying someone to do it or a trade off with swap of activities to something you do like to do.
The right amount of carry through may require more hands or additional resources. These don't have to be something you must have before you can do. OPM - Other People's Money - can manifest in many ways. It doesn't just means loans and venture capital. Sell now and deliver from the payment received, or hire now and pay when the proceeds are in. There are dozens of ways to leverage your production efforts. Who you know might provide the right combination to get the ball rolling.
Worthwhile Activity
If you are bucking the tide do it with deliberation. Positioning your goals and purposes can have everything to do with the outcome. Selling Christmas bulbs in the summer or sand in the Sahara Desert could come up a bust.
Working out what would you have to do to make it fly you can discover a way to do even the seemingly impossible. It may require working out the appropriate timing, location, or a brilliant presentation that captures desire. A ranch house on the moon may be doable but may not be desirable to any niche, or to so few as to not be worth the effort.
Take It all the Way
When you understand the elements that might defy accomplishment pushing your works through to fruition is a fun and successful activity.
What you want is a done deal, a completed activity. Keep your vision in mind and take it all the way home.
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