Grace Under Pressure: Persistence & Perseverance

September 08 2011, 03:32 PM

Actress Shirley MacLaine realized at a young age that if she wasn't selected for a role that she auditioned for, it simply wasn't her time yet… it was someone else's. She accepted that if she didn't get a part, it was because she wasn't prepared enough.

She didn't let it get her down. She didn't give up. Instead, she became even more relentlessly focussed on her goals with a renewed energy to keep working at her craft.

Keep the dream people. Never stop improving yourself. Keep your goals in sight and your time will come. But... you have to be ready for it first.

~ Brian Thompson

Tags: Persistence | Perseverance | Self Help | Goal Setting | Shirley MacLaine

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