Pele said....
Success is no accident. It is hard work, perseverance, learning,studying, sacrifice and most of all, love of what you are doing or learning to do.
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To be successful, you must be patient .. If you have less patience, you will be far away from success
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I think you’ll agree with me when I say:
Some people spend their entire lives wondering how to be successful in life, but never figure it out.
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The great keys to success to change your life have always been the same.
- Decide exactly what you want and where you want to go.
- Set a deadline and make a plan to get there. (Remember, a goal is just a dream with a deadline.)
- Take action on your plan; do something everyday to move toward your goal.
- Resolve in advance that you will persist until you succeed, that you will never, ever give up.
These four things are very important to each other, so with one out of the three, thinking about the whole year can not be successful.
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