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RokZRooM Special ! You Can Win by Shiv Khera

The key to success can be summed up in four words: "and then some more." Winners do
what they are supposed to and then some more. Winners do their duty and then some
more. Winners are courteous and generous and then some more. Winners can be
counted on and then some more. Winners put in 100% and then some more.
Ability without dependability, responsibility and flexibility is a liability.
8. 8. 8. 8. Adapted from Daily Motivations for African American Success by Dennis Kimbro,
June 29,1993, Fawcett Press, New York.
Why are some highly intelligent people, with impressive academic qualifications living
failures, or at best practicing mediocrity? Because they become experts at why things
won't work and build a reserve of negative energy. They don't want to do what they get
paid for or they only want to do what they can get by with. No wonder they are living
failures. When we give or do more than what we get paid for, we eliminate our
competition. In fact, we become the competition. This attitude is much more important
than intelligence or a degree.

8. The Power of Persistence

Nothing will take the place of persistence. Talent will not : Nothing is more common than
unsuccessful people with talent . Genius will not : Unrewarded genius is a proverb.
Education will not: The world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination
alone are omnipotent.

--Calvin Coolidge

The journey to being your best is not easy. It is full of setbacks. Winners have the ability
to overcome and bounce back with even greater resolve.

DON'T QUIT

When things go wrong,
As they sometimes will,
When the road you're trudging seems all uphill,
When the funds are low and the debts are high,
And you want to smile, but you have to sigh,
When care is pressing you down a bit
Rest if you must, but don't you quit.

Life is queer with its twists and turns,
As every one of us sometimes learns,
And many a failure turns about
When he might have won had he stuck it out.
Don't give up though the pace seems slow
You may succeed with another blow.

Success is failure turned inside out
The silver tint of the clouds of doubt,
And you never can tell how close you are,
It may be near when it seems so far ;
So stick to the fight when you're hardest hit
It's when things seem worst that you mustn't quit.

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