30 days: Change your habits, Change your life

Persistence means persistence toward achieving your
goal.
When you encounter obstacles, have patience. When you
experience setback, have patience. When things are not happening,
have patience. Don’t throw your goal away at the first sign of

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misfortune or opposition. Think of Thomas Edison and his 10,000
attempts to make the light bulb. Fail toward success like he did!
Persistence is a state of mind. Cultivate it. If you fall down, get up,
shake off the dust and keep on moving toward your goal.
The habit of persistence is built as follows:
1. Have a clear goal and the burning desire to achieve it.
2. Make a clear plan and act on it with daily action steps.
3. Be immune to all negative and discouraging influences.
4. Have a support system of one or more people who will encourage
you to follow through with your actions and to pursue your goals.

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Learn the “Edison Mentality”
I failed myself to success.
—THOMAS ALVA EDISON
It is hard to fail, but it is worse never
to have tried to succeed.
—THEODORE ROOSEVELT
Let’s talk about failure! This subject is so important and yet so
misunderstood! Paulo Coelho hits the spot when he says, 
“There is
only one thing that makes a dream impossible to achieve: the
fear of failure.”
The fear of failure is the number one dream killer,
but why? Why are we so afraid of failure? Why can’t we see it like
Napoleon Hill, who indicated that, “Every adversity, every failure,
every heartache carries with it the seed of an equal or greater
benefit.” Or in other words, how would our life change if we could
see failure exactly like Napoleon Hill did? 
Why not see it as a