Persistency is the DNA of legendary. It’s not the smartest person who wins, it’s the person who says,”You know, I’m going through a difficult time or I’ve hit a wall and I will go around it, over it, under it or through it.” Persistency is the DNA of legendary. Angela Duckworth of the University of Pennsylvania has coined the term “grit”. She’s written a book on it. That’s a wonderful book I would suggest that you read. And what she’s found, the best salespeople, the best West Point graduates, the best students, they’re not the smartest people in every class or in every room. These are the people who have the character strength to commit to a mission and stay with the mission longer than the world thinks they should stay with a mission. What do most people do? Members of the majority? They come up with a bold idea where they say,”I’m going to get fit.” And the moment they hit the first obstacle, they wave the white flag of surrender. There are too many people in the world right now looking for the easy path, but if you look at a NavySEAL, if you look at a world-class chef, if you look at an NBA athlete, and I’ve mentored so many NBA, NFL, NHL athletes, these people are not the most gifted. They don’t have the most natural talent. They have the most persistence. They train the hardest. They have the most commitment. When they are tired, they rest, and then they get back in the game the next morning at 5:00 AM with their training routine and their eating routine and their psychological routine, and their Heartset routines and their spiritual routine. So remember that relentlessness is a lot like a muscle and put yourself into difficult scenarios to build muscle of persistency and consistency and relentlessness.
