Quick one, persistence pays

“Do not fear mistakes. You will know failure. Continue to reach out.” – Benjamin Franklin

Success isn’t supposed to be easy. It’s supposed to be difficult, challenging, and exhausting or everyone would be successful.

Stories as old as time have repeated this outline. The sleepless dragon that guards its treasure, breathing fire on anyone who so dares to steal it. 

To get the gold, the knight in shining armor must, through guile or force, first defeat this beast.

Throughout my life, I’ve often thought of Benjamin Franklin, noted politician, philosopher, icon, and Founding Father.

Creator of the first public libraries in the US,

the leather apron club, the first university, and inventor of lightning rods, bifocals, swimfins (at age 11),

and eventually saving millions of lives with the Franklin stove.

However, he was sent to live with his brother as a boy, dropped out of school very young, losing much in fortune and family, and his curious Photonic Alphabet - that’s a flop.

Interestingly, Benjamin Franklin believed that the Standard English alphabet needed a bit of reform.

His proposed new alphabet, known as the Photonic Alphabet, eliminated letters like C, Q, and W that he believed were unnecessary.

There were other changes too.

Needless to say, it never really caught on — even with Noah Webster as a supporter. 

“Do not fear mistakes. You will know failure. Continue to reach out.” – Benjamin Franklin

Don’t quit when obstacles arise.

Persist and persevere, trust yourself, and your vision until it’s accomplished.

I mean it. Never give up on your BIG DREAM keep striving, and keep going.

As Tony Robbins said, “Don’t change the goal, change the approach.“

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