The winner is not always the fastest, the strongest or even the most intelligent, but always the most persistent. Being persistent and consistent proves to be the winning combination time after time.

Study the history of successful people and you will find every one of them has endured challenges. Never ever throughout history will you find a highly successful person who quit at the first sign of challenge.

Michael Jordan, one of the greatest professional basketball players in the history of the game, was cut from his high school basketball team. Michael practiced hour after hour until he reached a massive skill level.

Abraham Lincoln persisted through 29 years of constant failure to become America's greatest President.

• 1831 - Lost his job
• 1832 - Defeated in run for Illinois State Legislature
• 1833 - Failed in business
• 1834 - Elected to Illinois State Legislature (success)
• 1835 - Sweetheart died
• 1836 - Had nervous breakdown
• 1838 - Defeated in run for Illinois House Speaker
• 1843 - Defeated in run for nomination for U.S. Congress
• 1846 - Elected to Congress (success)
• 1848 - Lost re-nomination
• 1849 - Rejected for land officer position
• 1854 - Defeated in run for U.S. Senate
• 1856 - Defeated in run for nomination for Vice President
• 1858 - Again defeated in run for U.S. Senate
• 1860 - Elected President (success)

Napoleon Hill suffered death threats to his partners and setback after setback on his way to writing one of the greatest books ever on the mindset for success and wealth.

Dan Kennedy, a renowned copywriter, proudly acclaims that one out of 8 of his infomercials fails to hit its target mark. If you are one of the seven, you are discouraged and disappointed, but if you are number eight, you are ecstatic.

"Thomas Edison understood the profound secret that to succeed you have to be willing to fail and fail fast. To Edison all failure provided valuable information that he could use to correct his course, and lead him to eventual success."
The lesson here is simple; be consistent and persistent. The only way to succeed comes through the experience of being willing to persist through the failures. It has been said that we "fail our way to success." As long as you learn a lesson with each failure and persist toward your goal, you will reach it.

- Consistently keep your eyes focused on the goal.
- Learn from every situation along the way.
- Adjust and improve constantly.
- Be consistent - work your plan every day
- Persist until you reach your goal.

These 5 steps appear to be very simple and they are simple. The problem is that most people quit at the first little bump in the road. Being consistent and persistent sounds like a great idea until there is a problem or someone offers you something fun to do instead of working your business.

Being consistent and persistent means setting a firm goal you passionately desire. Set a goal which instills such passion and desire in you that you will persist through all of the learning curves. Yes, everything worth while does have a learning curve. How long that learning curve persists depends on how diligently you work and how focused you are during that time. The length of the learning curve also depends on your level of competency at the starting point and the level you choose to achieve.

The more passionate you are about your goal, the easier it will be to persist until victory. Absolutely every successful person has endured and mastered a learning curve. Every successful person encountered challenges. The more persistent and more consistent you are about meeting and conquering those challenges, the more successful you will become.

Victory always belongs to the consistent and persistent.
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