Why You Must Be Tenacious

Many years ago, Joyce Meyer –a renowned preacher and public speaker was asked at a meeting “what is the secret of your success?” Her response; “I just refused to give up!” What a blunt answer.

Joyce had a difficult childhood. She suffered sexual abuse and neglect at some point growing up. She should have been held bound in emotional trauma –like many people today. But she just refused to give up! That’s tenaciousness –refusing to give up.

I hate to say this, but from my observation, life doesn’t give too many chances to weak people these days. Life has no room for slack and passive people. When you stop pressing you stop possessing. Only those who persist make undeniable progress. Stop dwelling on past misfortunes, failures and unfortunate eventualities your life. Rip them off your mind.

Your mind is your life’s battlefield. You can’t afford to sleep in a war front. Similarly, you can’t afford not to have a tenacious and never-giving-up mentality. Ben Carson never gave up, nor did Jim Carrey who was once homeless. They and many others like them eventually became unbelievable stars in their fields.