Posts Tagged ‘Persistence’

It’s not as bad as it sounds. There’s no mud and there are no bullets flying above your head.

But I had a look at a video presentation today that encouraged web designers to spend more and more of their working day seeking out connections in the social media world – and as a direct result of those activities – building their personal brand. The same goes with someone who is endeavoring to break into the world of musical theatre.

So that’s where I’ve been for both my web design business and for my musical theatre endeavours today. And it’s amazing who you get to meet.

In addition to that I have been fan- booking and blogging. Fan- booking, you may ask? Yes signing up as a fan on relevant face book pages and building new relationships.

It’s early days yet – but I am learning a lot. One funny thing did happen. I came across a producer’s blog – he’s Welsh – and when I went to read his blog it was all in Welsh. So I posted my English comment – he needs that translation software that we have on all my blogs.

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‘Don’t let someone ever tell you you can’t do something. Not even me. Alright? You got a dream. You’ve got to protect it. People can’t do something themselves. They want to tell you you can’t do it. You want something? Go get it. Period.’ Will Smith talks to his son in the film ‘The Pursuit of Happyness’.

As a young boy I would always come last in foot races. But when I took up soccer(football) I realized that as a forward – whose sole purpose is to score goals – I didn’t necessarily need to be the fastest to win. By learning how to dodge and weave, in my pursuit of the goalmouth, I was able to outstrip those faster defenders, and for many years was one of our top goal scorers for my team, and even helped to lead us to the winner’s post for a number of premierships.

Success doesn’t necessarily come to the fastest. It comes to the one who holds on tight in the pursuit of their dream.

When you have a dream, there is no plan B. And that’s where the willingness to even die for your dream is vital.

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