Rewrite. Focus and Intensity

Keep reading and writing. “Pour Your Heart Into It”

pg 41
- Like Jerry and Gordon, he had traveled widely, read a great deal, and had a lot of interesting insights.
- I drew upon all the passion I had about Starbucks, about coffee, about this opportunity, and spoke from my deepest convictions. I told him how much I could offer, from my professional sales and marketing skills to the broad perspective I had developed managing a national sales force for Hammarplast. I was used to playing on a larger playing field and could plan and execute whatever expansion strategy we mutually agreed upon.

And this is my favorite part. When I read it, it makes me feel like listening to the Steve Jobs's speech at Stanford. So let me read it out loud.

pg 44
“In the fifteen years since then, I’ve often wondered: What would have happened had I just accepted his decision? Most people, when turned down for a job, just go away.

Similar scenarios have subsequently played out in my life, in other settings and with other issues. So many times, I’ve been told it can’t be done. Again and again, I’ve had to use every ounce of perseverance and persuasion I can summon to make things happen.

Life is series of near misses. But a lot of what we ascribe to luck is not luck at all. It’s seizing the day and accepting responsibility for your future. It’s seeing what other people don’t see, and pursuing that vision, no matter who tells you not to.

In daily life, you get so much pressure from friends and family and colleagues, urging you to take the easy way, to follow the prevailing wisdom, that it can be difficult not to simply accept the status quo and what’s expected of you. But when you really believe - in yourself, in your dream - you just have to do everything you possibly can to take control and make your vision a reality.

No great achievement happens by luck.”

when I read it. I feel something about myself. I am good at the beginning and bad at the ending.

Quick note should be remembered in this paragraph

Perseverance and persuasion
Conviction
Pursuing vision
BELIEVE - in yourself, in your dream
Take control
Make your vision reality
No LUCK.

Ok, let’s go back to what I am doing. I wish you, all my friends, no matter what you are doing. Be DAMN good at it, follow until the end.

Best of perseverance.

Thomas