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by it, die by it, never give up. We need to burn the word "stickability"
into our hearts. There is a plague sweeping the world, it is now reaching
epidemic proportions. It's better known as the Quitters Disease.
Everywhere I go I hear the phrase, in many different tones I QUIT - I QUIT
- I QUIT. I expect to be greeted by some overwhelming, happy associate
each time I return to the office with a great big - I QUIT. The problem
with most people is that they don't realize what the problem is. I remember
how I always wanted to quit. In fact, that's why I worked so hard to become
successful so that I wouldn't have to go through that agonizing wanting
to quit all the time. Then, finally, I became a success, and to my
surprise, I wanted to quit anyway. I then learned that the human
being hits psychological lows two or three times a year, and wants to quit
for no reason at all. Of course, the real problem was in wanting
to quit, because the more I would want to quit, the more I would want to
quit, and the more I would want to quit, the more I was afraid I was going
to quit, and I didn't want to quit, I just wanted to want to quit.
Finally, one day I discovered the difference between quitting and wanting
to quit. I then decided I would never quit, and now I enjoy quitting
all the time, because I know I'm not going to QUIT. Sometimes someone
will ask, "You mean you can't ever quit?" That's right, you can die, retire
or get fired, but that's it. Of course, there are exceptions and
you are going to think you're it every time you want to quit and if you
sell out that easily, you'll never get to pay the first price of leadership.
I think you'll agree that more is to be gained by stickability than chasing
better deals, and most of the time our attitudes at the time of our quitting
is setting the stage for almost certain failure in whatever we run to.
Tremendously,
Charles
"T" Jones
Charlie
'Tremendous' Jones is the
author of the best-selling book "Life is Tremendous"
and four separate editions of "The Books You Read".
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