Here’s a quote for you from W. C. Fields: “If at first you don’t succeed, try, try again. Then quit. There’s no point in being a damn fool about it.” How does this fit into a module about persistence?

Things don’t always go our way, no matter how hard we try. Sometimes we fail. But, as Winston Churchill famously said, “Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.”

Things don’t always go our way, no matter how hard we try. Sometimes we fail. But, as Winston Churchill famously said, “Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.”

Persistence is the great equalizer. Men and women with less ability can outperform their more naturally talented peers through persistence alone. Persistence is the ability to power through the obstacles in your life.