“Winners never quit, and quitters never win!”

The courage and persistence to keep going on, past hurdles and obstacles, is powered by purpose. Your purpose!!

 What drives you to keep on going?

Any endeavor driven and fueled by purpose cannot fail. 

Choosing Strategies

• Do Work That Matters

When you find work that matters, giving up is not an option. So choose only the kind of work that matters. No, it does not have to necessarily be ‘life saving’ or ‘world changing’. But it should matter enough to you that you will not casually think of abandoning it when a distraction or obstacle crops up.

• Do Work You Love

Each one of us has had this experience at some time in our life. We get involved in something, and forget the world around us. Maybe it’s a book, a movie, or a game, writing a story, or a poem. You get so deeply involved with it, that suddenly you look up and discover with startled surprise that hours have slipped by in just minutes!

That happens when you do work that you really and truly love. Stuff that fascinates and engulfs you. That you’re passionate and excited about. And when you’re engaged in such work, you do not want to stop. Find work that you love, and you won’t have to work another day of your life… you’ll just be having fun all the time!

• Do Work You’re Good At

Do what you’re good at. Delegate or automate (or maybe even ignore) the other things that you can afford to, and you won’t ever run the risk of giving up. When you’re good at it, you don’t want to give up. Even difficulties become challenges to be conquered, not barriers to keep you down.

Coping Strategies

• Look for the flip side

When you look for the ‘hidden’ good behind all the ‘bad’ things that happen in your quest for success, the flip side will help you past any blocks and sustain your momentum and progress.

• Focus on the goal

When you pick your tasks carefully so that the work you do matters, keeping that ultimate goal in mind as you do it can be remarkably motivating. Why are you doing this? Where do you plan to go? What will happen when this is done? The answers will energize you.

• Don’t see obstacles – See solutions

Too often, we tend to focus on the problems and difficulties along our path. Stop. Look for solutions. Find a way past the restraints.

• Ask for help and support

We cannot live in splendid isolation – We need people around us, for many different reasons. Having supportive people in your corner will help you keep going – until you catch your ‘second wind’ of inspiration and motivation from within.

• Engage with passionate groups

Passion is contagious. You can’t hang around a passionate person without some of that positive energy rubbing off on you! Surrounding yourself with nay-sayers and pessimists who always see the worst possibilities can quickly dull your enthusiasm – and make it easier to simply give up. So choose your friends and network wisely.

The courage and persistence to keep going on, past hurdles and obstacles, is powered by purpose. Your purpose. 

Discover it. Tap into it. Achieve it.