Persistence

Make Your Dream Come True: 5 Ways to Stick With It

Alexis Sclamberg | Posted 05.29.2012

Alexis Sclamberg

With a clear vision, open heart, and a whole lot of passion, you can manifest your wildest dreams. Just make sure to keep a spare tire in the trunk for your trip to that pot of gold.

Stay Hungry. Stay Foolish.

Marcia Reynolds | Posted 12.09.2011

Marcia Reynolds

The words described how Jobs lived his life. He didn't live to fit into the system. He lived to create what he thought was possible.

What The Founding Fathers Can Teach Us About Longevity

Howard S. Friedman, Ph.D. | Posted 09.03.2011

Howard S. Friedman, Ph.D.

The first four U.S. presidents -- Washington, Adams, Jefferson and Madison -- plus Benjamin Franklin -- lived an average of more than 82 years, and they did so without the benefit of modern medical care.

Where Will You Be a Month From Now?

Fred Whelan and Gladys Stone | Posted 11.17.2011

Fred Whelan and Gladys Stone

You're a month into your New Year's Resolution, everything is going great and you're putting your friends to shame. Good for you. Your "no excuses" ...

He Did the Impossible

Fred Whelan and Gladys Stone | Posted 05.25.2011

Fred Whelan and Gladys Stone

56 years ago today, Roger Bannister accomplished the impossible. He was the first person to break the four minute mile barrier. His story is not only...

Go on Anyway

Wendy Strgar | Posted 11.17.2011

Wendy Strgar

Learning how to stay when things are difficult in families is great practice for working though obstacles to other dreams.

A Letter To The Man Who Never Gives Up

Ruth Fowler | Posted 05.25.2011

Ruth Fowler

Your social ineptitude has given rise to a variety of unpleasant and sometimes terrifying suspicions.

Winners Get Up One More Time

Robbie Vorhaus | Posted 05.25.2011

Robbie Vorhaus

Lance Armstrong said, "Pain is temporary. It may last a minute, or an hour, or a day, or a year, but eventually it will subside and something else will take its place. If I quit, however, it lasts forever."

Tiger Woods: Does Fame And Fortune Limit Your Ability To Love?

Anne Naylor | Posted 11.17.2011

Anne Naylor

I was told that often the very rich are burdened with having so much stuff to take care of that they are not free to enjoy their lives. They lose a sense of who their friends are.

Success for Dummies

Tom Morris | Posted 05.25.2011

Tom Morris

There is something important to be learned from Jeff Dunham's improbable rise. Passion and belief are often able to create a path forward where none may exist.

3 Travel Lessons: The Advantage of Persistence, Flexibility and an Upgrade

Terry Gardner | Posted 11.17.2011

Terry Gardner

If you know you left a valuable piece of equipment in the wall of a hotel room, keep calling to inquire because your persistence may pay off like mine did.

Persistent Efforts to Counter a Persistent Nuclear Threat

Jim Wallis | Posted 05.25.2011

Jim Wallis

A generation has come of age when "Fall Out Shelter" signs are nothing but rusty remnants of a time long past.