Today I was playing outside with my 5 year old daughter, and she wanted to get the frisbee out of the garage.  After looking for it for a minutes, I told her that I couldn’t find it and that we’ll do it at another time.

She looked at me and said, you can’t stop looking for it just because you can’t find it.  You have to keep looking for it as long as it takes until you do find it, right?

Now what can you say to that?

She was absolutely right.  She was determined to find the frisbee.

Now isn’t that a great lesson from a 5 year old or what?

How often in life and in business do you stop because there’s an obstacle in the way, and what’s more important, is what kind of a message do you send to your children when you do that?

This is something to think about it and more importantly develop into a habit.  If you begin a task, complete it.  Persistence is one of the keys to success in life.  And wouldn’t it be great if kids were taught that early on from their parents.  Just think how much easier life would be for them, and how much more doors would open.

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