One thing I have learnt about myself is that I am a very persistent person, and when I decide I want something, I stop at nothing and persist without exception. This is actually a very necessray attribute in being an entrepreneur as overcoming obstacles is really what sets apart winners from losers.

If you were to ask ANY successful entrepreneur about what the key ingredient for success was, it would most definetely be persistence. There is no successful entrepreneur that has not had to overcome obstacles in order to be where they are. Most people fall into the 97% crowd where their commitment and desires are short lived when obstacles appear in their way. Their goals and desires start with passion and fortitude but staying the course only really happens when you are truly connected to your goals and persist without exception.  Successful entrepreneurs not only learn, but profit form their mistakes.

In the last couple of months I have had some pretty incrdible blows and obstacles. I had my facebook account disabled after I had it built up to almost 4000 friends (and with no explanation why?) . I had been slapped on google 3 times in one month , then suspended along with thousands of other marketers for no reason that was even understandable or true. I then started again and lasted only 2 hours before the same thing happened. Most people would give up at this point, but not ME>< This type of challenge truly fuels my desire to overcome the obstacle and come out the other end triumphing and knowing that nothing can stop me.

The path of an entrepreneur is sometimes quite challenging, especically when you are surrounded by people who are negative and like to steal your dreams. But, just know that your success can only be determined by you and the only way you can fail is to quit and join the 97% crowd.

If you think back about things you havnt or have done in the past, its always the things you didnt do that you regret the most.  So, be adamant and persistent about the goals you set for yourself and just know that there is nothing you cant achieve if you choose not to waiver in your pursuit.

We all had to learn to walk at some point, and just remember that no matter how many times we fell down as toddlers, we just all stood back up again.

“Fall over seven times, and stand up Eight”

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