Enthusiasm & Persistence, Keep them UP

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“Knowledge is power and enthusiasm pulls the switch.”

-Steve Droke

Carl & Ellie... Enthusiasm & Persistence... Dreams & True Love...

A young Carl Fredrickson meets a young adventure spirited girl named Ellie. They both dream of going to a Lost Land in South America. And for that they set their own adventure book in order to fill it with their adventure when they achieve their dream together. Days pass and they have never lost their persistence to achieve their dream. 70 years later, Ellie has died. Carl remembers the promise he made to her. By tying thousands of balloons to his home, Carl sets out to fulfill his (and Ellie’s) lifelong dream.

I really love this film as it is not just a film it is a life lesson in perseverance & enthusiasm even if after 70 years.

Feeling unenthusiastic, bored and apathetic isn’t pleasurable or fun. It makes life dreary, slow and painful. Enthusiasm on the other hand is like an inner sun that makes life easier, shinier and more enjoyable. Enthusiasm is probably one of the most attractive qualities a person can have. With enthusiasm things get done and they often get done better and more easily than if you were to muster up the will to do them in an unenthusiastic way.

“Every Unstoppable personality you’ve read about offers an important key to success. But the ultimate key—the one that most dramatically separates the achiever from the nonachiever—is perseverance.”

-Cynthia Kersey

I think that, among the stories of success in the world, the story of Tom Monaghan is the ideal model in perseverance.

Tom Monaghan, Domino's Pizza Founder (By: Joe Raedle)

He has had at least a hundred “excuses” for failing in business—from growing up in orphanages and detention homes, to starting a business with no business sense, expanding too soon, going broke, losing everything, building it back up, and almost losing it again.

But what’s incredible about Tom Monaghan is that he’s never used any excuse. The way he sees it is that you haven’t failed until you’ve flat out given up.

Without the perseverance of Tom Monaghan, Domino’s Pizza wouldn’t grow.

And without the enthusiasm of Carl, Ellie's dream wouldn't achieved.

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