I don’t know about you, but I have already heard so many “keys” to success in my life that there isn’t a “key” chain big enough to hold them all.
I’m not saying I haven’t heard some very good ones, but I’ve never heard the one killer thing that can always guarantee success.
All that has changed.
Let me give you two examples.
At the recent US Open Golf Tournament, the winner was the 32-year-old British golfer named Justin Rose who when he was a teen missed the cut in his first 21 professional golf tournaments.
He had never won a PGA “major”.
But on that day, Father’s Day, Rose prevailed and overcame his previous mistakes, a tough golf course and the missteps of competitors. Upon winning, Rose looked to the heavens in a salute to his father.
And there is Lionel Shriver, the controversial but very successful author who couldn’t get arrested by a publishing company. Her first book, We Need To Talk About Kevin was rejected by 20, 30, 40 … even more publishers who wouldn’t take it. Finally HarperCollins took a chance.
Shriver didn’t beat herself up.
She didn’t reinvent herself.
She didn’t throw the book away and try something else.
She stuck with it, prevailed until she succeeded.
Like Rose, the golfer, who put his head down and kept playing.
No excuses.
No discouragement.
No quiting allowed.
My friends, the one indispensible secret to success is to never quit, never give up chasing the dream and never, ever be talked out of your success.
“You can win it in the late innings, if you never quit” – Robert Forster
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