Stick With It

In my last post, “All 5,” I introduced you to what I called “Story #1:  The Recorder Consort,” a lesson in perseverance that I learned from my son, Ian.  There is a second story that I would like to share along the same lines.  Again, I ask for your patience as I tell the story […]

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All 5

Lately, I have been learning a lot about perseverance from my nine-year-old son.  On two recent, distinct occasions, in situations during which I would have thrown in the towel, Ian failed to give up and went on to achieve success.  If you will bear with me, I would like to summarize for you the scenarios […]

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Perseverance

I was at an event last week where my friend, Cindy, gave a short talk.  She opened by asking, “How many times have you set a goal for yourself and the moment something didn’t go as smoothly as you had planned, you immediately experienced self-doubt and seriously questioned your ability and even the goal itself?” […]

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