Give it your all, and never give up
Probably some of the best advice I was given, was to give it your all and never give up. We are all very much capable of getting the things we want in life, and if we are determined enough we will get it. Determination and persistence are two very commonly found traits in the world’s most successful people. The determination to reach a goal and the persistence to power through those temporary setbacks we all face. Unless you’re truly brilliant it is very unlikely that you’ll get your perfect result the first time around, plus what is the fun in getting everything right the first time. As painful as it may be sometimes, we learn from our challenges and it is through some of these that our greatest strengths become known. So whatever you do don’t think because something isn’t the way you thought it would be or should be that you should give up.
Don’t give up just before your about to succeed
It is common for people to give up moments before they are about to succeed. One example of this was a story I heard some time ago about a man, lets call him Bob, who took holidays from his work in the city deciding to spend his time searching for gold. He had done a little research to determine the most likely spot for and was feeling somewhat confident, so he set off on his search. His research paid off and he started finding gold, he actually started finding a lot of gold and began to think he wouldn’t have to go back to work. Gradually though he was finding less and less and thought his luck must have run out, grudgingly he decided to give up. Then along comes Bill and Bob offers to sell him all his equipment so he can return to the city and go back to work. Bill decides to try his luck in the same area as Bob and happened to find a gold nugget that was worth more than any of the gold Bob had found and it was only metre’s away from where he had given up. Bill never had to work again.
Sometimes it can be hard to know when something isn’t working out whether you should keep going or if it is time to move on. A method I found that works for me is to determine if what you’re doing is for the benefit of others as well as yourself, ‘Is it the right thing to do?’ If it is then don’t give up, give it all you’ve got, but consider changing the way you are approaching the situation. It might just mean you need to do things differently, what might seem impossible one day may become simple the next. So give it your all, and never give up.
Arren Vidal
Inspired to Inspire
