Perseverance
''It doesn't matter how slowly you go, as long as you do not stop''.
The saying that goes ' Rome was not built in one day" has a clear meaning in our journey to success.
Climbing a ladder to success is a long and sometimes a tiring journey. As for me I can't remember how many doors I've knocked at that were closed. Does this really matter. The answer is a big No. What is important is that how many doors have been opened after you have knocked. There could be no opened doors at all but this does not mean you have to give up on your journey. Most of us like me worry about the age. When you see yourself growing older without achieving anything, we start to panic. Okay! Let me ask this " who said achieving has got anything to do with your age?
Let take for example, there are people we know who achieved their dreams at their later stage in life. Look at our late first black president Mr Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela. He spent twenty seven years in jail before his dream of a democratic free South Africa came to pass. He became a president for few years before he resigned. Did he ever regretted that ? No, instead he encouraged young people to go to school so that they become better leaders tomorrow. This means that we have to start at the bottom to go to the top not the other way round otherwise you will fall from top.
Every success story has a trail of failures and disappointments. I don't know how many times I was turned down by many publishers for my first book to be published. At some point I was told that my work is not worth publishing. There was a time I wanted to believe that until I realized that no work is worth publishing until it becomes published. This means that most authors have been turned down before their work hit the publish market. Everyone knows about the unsolicited work not being accepted.
Even the most well known music star Beyonce was once told that she could never sing or she was not s talented singer. Did that stop her from finding her way to success ? No, instead she proved them wrong. She is now s best selling female artist. Even the well known Anita Barker was labelled as not the talented singer but she became a well known female vocalist. The list is endless but what remains us that anyone can do anything as long as they put their mind into it. Everyone is a winner out there.
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