Perseverance

I like to think of myself as a determined person. I work hard and I know I can do certain things really well. There is one thing that I fail consistently with; I have this bad habit of quitting things when it gets too hard.

I took a military fitness class just to say that I could. It was at 6:00 am that was three times a week in the middle of winter. I remember after the first week I was ready to be done with the class. I kept thinking to myself when my alarm went off, if I don’t get up will regret it later. Like reading my scriptures I felt good about myself when I would got to crazy workout of a class. I felt like a better person for sticking it out and I even got most improved at the end of the semester.

This was one of the first things that was really difficult for me that I saw through to the end.  

The underlying theme that I read about in this weeks reading was perseverance. I find it interesting how something like sticking it through to the end could relate to the business world and to personal everyday life.

The most successful people I know worked hard and kept working hard even when they didn’t have to work as hard anymore. I don’t believe it was easy for them or that they succeed on their first couple of tries. However, that is what set them apart as being successful… is that they persevered.