WEEK SIX:
WHATEVER IT TAKES
"If opportunity doesn't knock, build a door."
Milton Berle
In this life, few opportunities come on a silver platter. They say that luck is when opportunity meets preparation, but what happens when you are prepared but no doors are opening for you? This is where persistence comes into play.
Have you ever seen grass growing through the cracks of a hard tennis court? It does so through three meters of concrete, asphalt and multiple rubberized layers. You can't take 'no' for an answer.
Press on and do not let your enthusiasm fade with every failure. A close friend of mine got her dream job, after sending multiple resumes with no response, by giving the CEO a one-minute presentation of why he should hire her… in a parking lot.
Stay true to yourself and persevere (just don't try anything that may warrant a restraining order). "You never know what's around the corner. It could be everything. Or it could be nothing. You keep putting one foot in front of the other, and then one day you look back and you've climbed a mountain."
― Tom Hiddleston