Why did you start? (Repeat) Why did you start? Are you going
to finish? How will you finish? Why should you finish?
The Art of Not Giving
Up is not a new topic yet it remains relevant
and important to finishing, completing that “thing” you started.
I think about the several TV shows & movies both old and
new with child characters starting
something one day, forgetting it the next day and asking to start something new…
today.
Now in these
situations, the parents either roll their eyes and ask about the other things he/she started, tell them to finish that
“thing” first…then we’ll think about this new “thing” or the parent will say
“how much does it cost and what do I have to do… for you to do it?”
Raise your hand if you can
relate… whether you have to think about it a long time or it was yesterday
and/or you or your kid!
As a kid and as a new
adult (you have
your definition of adult, I have mine…), it’s funny how my thinking in this department has only slightly
changed.
The kid me:
+Started “something” and finished because I had to…
+Started “something” and finished because I wanted to…
+Started “something”
because the end result was a trip to Disney World…then quit when I realized the
trip was way (wayyyyyy) down the line, and I would have to keep doing this
“thing” till I was in my junior year of high school…
+Started “something” that I
--Love
--Have passion for
---Will keep doing until I see the end result…
-----But I hope I never see the end because I love it so
much…the process of completing it feels like finishing everyday (if that makes
sense…).-----
The (new) adult me:
+Feels the same way about the last “+” because it’s still
present in my life…
+Finds it easier, not easy for me to Start “something” and commit to finishing
because I can visualize the end; my own definition of end, which is “did I
get/receive what I came for? If not, I’m not done.”
But what is The Art
of Not Giving Up????????
The Art of Not Giving Up is pursuing:
+What
you need
+What
you love
+What
you’re passionate about
+What
you are willing to defend
++You
know why you’re doing/attempting “it”
++You
are excited about what will come from “it”
And
when you started, you didn’t start with wanting to give up…so, why would you
give up now?
GYC Commentary (last
notes…if you didn’t read anything else…):
In college, I was taught business through the eyes of
design, design is a never-ending
process, even when you think you’re done the end result could evolve to
something better.
When pursuing The Art of Not Giving Up, as in
something you should be pursuing…you do NOT give up because you know/trust that
the best is yet to come!
When you have good reasons not to give up…YOU CAN and
WILL Speak boldly
“I am successful.” No matter what it looks like, “I am
successful.” If no one else believes it, I DO, and if I don’t believe it, why
should anyone else?
YOU ARE A FIGHTER…SO KEEP FIGHTING!
THE ART OF NOT GIVING UP
