Perseverance pays off

A former GM employee was laid off a few years ago. Flat broke with a family to support, decided to join the PBA bowling tour. He joined, he won, and has fun while supporting his family.

A pro athlete suddenly quit playing, traveled the world, became a yoga instructor and decided to go into holistic medicine, then went back to the league to finish out his career. Beyond the money, fame, and adulation, he found an inner peace that had been missing his whole life.

A talented mother of 3 sings, takes odd jobs, goes to culinary school, and decides to be a writer. She goes on book tours, spends her own money traveling to book signings and events, calls everyone she knows and doesn't know, writes 30+ letters to a national magazine and finally gets recognition.

What do these people have in common? They persevered. Their stories, no matter how different, all ended the same. They triumphed where a lot of us would've given up. It's so easy to quit when we're down, throw in the towel, and every other cliché you can think of. But as soon as we quit, we give up any chance we have of being successful. So the next time you want to stop, remember all of the people you know that kept going, no matter what. Perseverance really does pay off.

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