Determination is One of the Keys to Success

[tconnor]

Sales Tips #261
Determination is One of the Keys to Success

What does determination mean to you?

Is it sticking it out in tough times? Never quitting no matter what? Believing in yourself and your personal mission? Hanging in there regardless of the odds? Overcoming a sales slump or a tough year?

I am always fascinated with textbook definitions. They so often only give us part of the story. Mr. Webster says determination is: “the quality of being resolute, firmness of purpose, the act of coming to a conclusion or resolving something or resolving a dispute” there is more but the more I read the more confused I get. But you can see that one word can have different meanings or interpretations.

I believe there is much more to words than their definitions.

Determination:

• You have it or you don’t.
• You use it or you don’t.
• It is either a part of your emotional make up or it isn’t.
• You believe in your destiny, mission or purpose or you don’t.
• You have faith in the fulfillment of your dreams or you don’t.
• You work through issues, challenges, problems, failure and adversity or you don’t.
• You trust yourself to take right actions and make right decisions or you don’t.
• You believe in greatness, abundance, happiness and success or you don’t.
• You settle for less, second best, losing or you don’t.
• You try one new strategy, approach, action or you don’t.
• You stay with it until it works regardless of whether the outcome looked similar to your plan or you don’t.
• You try something new, original or creative or you don’t.
• You count your blessings or you don’t.
• You are a survivor or you are not.
• You enjoy the process of learning, becoming, achieving rather than just the outcome or you don’t.
• You continually invest in yourself or you don’t.
• Your word is your bond or it isn’t.

I could go on like this forever and I know you have other things to do besides read my ramblings. Determination- ((De - termination)) contain the words terminate (end) and de (not) - Determination is to not terminate, end or give up or in no matter what.