Daily Inspiration #64
Winston Churchill
Continuous Effort

Sir Winston Leonard Spencer-Churchill, (30 November 1874 – 24 January 1965) was a British politician and statesman who served as the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1940 to 1945 and again from 1951 to 1955. As Prime Minister, Churchill led Britain to victory over Nazi Germany during World War II. Churchill was also an officer in the British Army, a non-academic historian, and a writer, the fact that won him the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1953 for his overall, lifetime body of work.

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So, I don't know if it's just the picture I found of him or not but he looks really mean. lol

Either way, he definitely knew how to succeed at something.

Here's his quote for today:

"Continuous effort,
not strength or intelligence,
is the key to unlocking our potential."

Ya know it's funny, I meet people all the time that don't believe that they can become successful.

They all have similar excuses.

"I'm not smart enough."

"I'm not strong enough."

"I'm not attractive enough."

"I don't have enough money."

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Look, you don't need any of these things to be successful.

You don't have to be smart, strong, attractive or rich.

You do however need to be persistent.

In fact, you don't really have to be right very often.

Guess how often you have to be right to be successful?

I'm going to assume you guessed wrong unless you know this already.

The answer is 1.

You only have to be right one time in your entire life to be successful!

"That seems a little far fetched Michael, I'm out of here."

Listen, you can be wrong about everything you ever do in life.

As long as you are right about that one thing.

The trick is, once you have that one thing you are right about you need to attack it with ferocity!

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You need to eat sleep and breath it!

When you wake up each morning, it's what has you leaping out of bed!

When you go to sleep at night, your mind is still contemplating your next move.

Not from a place of worry, but excitement!

This type of grit is what will bring you that success.

Each and every day you need to dig in and get as much done with your goal as you can possibly do.

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It is that tenacity that will assure you success.

You don't need to be smart, strong, rich or pretty.

Just get out there and dig in!

Find that one thing that you know you are right about no matter what anyone else thinks, and make it happen!

Ideas mean nothing without the continuous effort required to bring them to fruition.

Trains start off very slowly and once they hit full speed they are nearly an unstoppable force!

So get your train moving!

Thanks for reading,
Michael David
@michaeldavid

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