Persist in Your Efforts and You Can Create a Dream Come True

Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent.

John Cousins
MBA ASAP
Published in
4 min readMay 9, 2021

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Persistence is an excellent concept to keep focused on when slogging through the ups and downs of developing a startup.

​Here is a quote from Calvin Coolidge, who was a U. S. president in the early twentieth century, that describes the power of persistence,

“Nothing in this world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not: nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not: the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent.”

Press On

I want to share a story that taught me the meaning of persistence and determination.​

The Boy and the Bike

I grew up in a neighborhood filled with kids. Almost every house had at least one youngster. We played and rode our bikes everywhere. Bikes equaled freedom, and we were all left free to roam.​

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