From Chapter 12 “Indefatigable” in Ingredients of Outliers. Food For Thought Most of us are fortunate never to have our capacity fully tested. I believe we always have much more capacity for love, tolerance, humor, kindness, strength, and endurance than we believe we do. When you think you're at the end, you're likely only about halfway. In Other Words Refuse to throw in the towel. Go that extra mile that failures refuse to travel. It is far better to be exhausted from success than to be rested from failure. ~ Mary Kay Ash Never forget that life can only be nobly inspired … [Read more...]
Persistence: Don’t Quit
From Chapter 3, “Persistence: Press on!” in Ingredients of Outliers Too Dumb to Quit? In 1993, I started a company initially called Arizona Family and Urgent Care (AF UC), on a shoestring. I literally worked day and night to get it up and running. During its early stage, one partner backed out and another one said he didn’t want to take on any more risk. I pressed on and we were actually making headway when the bank called our loan and put us in the “workout” division. At the time I thought this was great because I liked to work out. Then I learned that this was the area of the bank … [Read more...]