Monday, May 14, 2012

The Art of Tenacity

Tenacity is the ability to persist in turbulent times. when a ship is sinking and you still able to fight to reach the shore, when everyone else hangs in their gloves and experts shake their heads, but you still hold your head up high with resilience and high belief. You refuse to call it quits, the sound that tells you to give up; your ears dont hear that tune. That is Tenacity and it is the backbone of every great achiever. Nelson Mandela once said: "many times i wanted to give up and accept my own freedom but i wasn't prepared to be free alone when my people are in bondage" Even the greatest of people felt like it was impossible to reach the goal. You not the first to feel like shutting down the machine and walking away, you not the first to think of a shortcut or an easier route, many of you's cant see beyond were you come from because you think its impossible to come out. You believe success is possible for someone else and not for you, you cheer everyone to the top and you refuse to grace the stage. You have failed so many times you so scared to try.You fear to to shine your opportunities you shun. Everyone told you why you can't make it. There's an element you need and thats the art of Tenacity. You not a failure, failure has only one definition in my vocabulary. It means to stop trying, the more you attempt it shows your tenacity to overcome.  Change your methods and views. Albert Einstein once said: "we cant solve problems with the same thinking that created them"

Tenacity held Donald trump high when he was bankrupt. How can he lose everything and still bounce back up? Great leaders with tenacity don;y bow to pressure they rise to the occassion! Those of you in Matric, you can and you will do it! your brain can outperform a high storage computer, all the books in the world were created by the human mind. Can the created defeat the creator? you are greater than the book, yopu can put every information in your head if you close your ears to the voice that told you that you can't. Do your own talking, start saying to yourself: "I can and I will, its doable and possible for me" Never give up, it never came easy for great people in life yet their pushing and persevearance lead them to victory. Your success is a maternity room scenario. Sometimes you push in pain to deliver your gift. Its all worth it once planned but if you bypassed the stage of planning, the vision of the baby becomes a burden. Success is a law and for us its a game. It has become a norm. Last year Ernst and Young- the top two biggest Accounting firm in the world- held a competition for second year students. I won the best overall speaker. I am used to winning, you might not believe me but when they introduced the competition I saw myself in front, I already visioned the trophy and my tenacity kept me going. Once your vision is set and your company is good then you ought to remember it might not be a swift ride but its definately a safe landing. Believe in God and also in yourself.He created something inside of you, it would be a shame for you not to bring it out because of giving up or falling due to pressue. let critics critisize you, let friends dessert you, but dont neglet your desire to succeed.

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