isnpirasyikinz: 2010

Highest-Paid MBA Alumni

Tuesday, December 28, 2010

Highest-Paid MBA Alumni

Harvard University

Median cash compensation for Harvard graduates
Less than two years' experience: $133,000
10 years' experience: $182,000
20 years' experience: $232,000
Career total: $3,867,903

Notable alumni:
James Dimon, chairman, president, and CEO, JPMorgan Chase
Donna Dubinsky, co-founder, Palm; former president and CEO, Handspring
John Paulson, founder and president, Paulson & Co.
Meg Whitman, former president and CEO, eBay
Gary Rodkin, president and CEO, ConAgra Foods

Why students choose Harvard:
"It's cliche to say that HBS is 'transformational,' so I won't say it. But the program did fundamentally alter the way I think about the world and my position in it. There is almost no part of me that it hasn't touched and affected for the better."
-Consulting student

University of Pennsylvania (Wharton)

Median cash compensation for Wharton graduates
Less than two years' experience: $137,000
10 years' experience: $161,000
20 years' experience: $203,000
Career total: $3,491,372

Notable alumni:
Lewis Platt, former chairman, president, and CEO, Hewlett-Packard
Peter Lynch, vice-chairman, Fidelity
James Tisch, president and CEO, Loews
Peter Nicholas, founder, chairman, and former CEO, Boston Scientific
David Pottruck, former president and CEO, Charles Schwab

Why students choose Wharton:
"Wharton has a well-rounded program that is particularly good for those interested in consulting. The school has a great reputation and is able to attract lots of companies to on-campus recruiting. The diversity and talents demonstrated by the student body are also unbeatable."
-Consulting student

Columbia University

Median cash compensation for Columbia graduates
Less than two years' experience: $119,000
10 years' experience: $165,000
20 years' experience: $194,000
Career total: $3,349,669

Notable alumni:
Cesareo Alierta Izuel, chairman and CEO, Telefonica
Keith Sherin, vice-chairman and CFO, General Electric
Jerome Chazen, founder, Liz Claiborne
Henry Kravis, co-founder, co-chairman, and co-CEO, KKR
Rochelle Lazarus, chairman and former CEO, Ogilvy & Mather Worldwide

Why students choose Columbia:
"Columbia is a fantastic finance school with opportunities to connect with and learn from 'heads of industry.' The adjunct faculty -- particularly in the asset management area -- is truly amazing."
-Finance student

Stanford University

Median cash compensation for Stanford graduates
Less than two years' experience: $123,000
10 years' experience: $149,000
20 years' experience: $206,000
Career total: $3,327,145

Notable alumni:
John Browne, former CEO, BP
Stephen Ellis, worldwide managing director, Bain & Co.
Richard Fairbank, co-founder, chairman, president, and CEO, Capital One
Charles Schwab, founder and chairman, Charles Schwab
Scott McNealy, co-founder, chairman, and former CEO, Sun Microsystems

Why students choose Stanford:
"The small class size and the non-grade disclosure student policy create a unique collaboration atmosphere in the school that permits you to maximize learning from your peers. Being in the middle of Silicon Valley also generates a unique opportunity for anyone interested in entrepreneurship."
-Entrepreneurship student

Dartmouth College (Tuck)

Median cash compensation for Tuck graduates
Less than two years' experience: $124,000
10 years' experience: $142,000
20 years' experience: $181,000
Career total: $3,146,031

Notable alumni:
Peter Dolan, former CEO, Bristol-Myers Squibb
Christopher Sinclair, former chairman and CEO, PepsiCo
Kevin McGrath, former president and CEO, Digital Angel
Roger McNamee, co-founder and managing director, Elevation Partners
Don Wilson III, former chief risk officer, JPMorgan Chase

Why students choose Tuck:
"There is nothing like being at Tuck. The community is so strong, and you learn so much about business and about yourself in two years. I'm leaving with more confidence, more knowledge, and more connections than I ever expected to get from an MBA program."
-Investment Banking student

A Motivational story about Positive Thinking

Saturday, December 25, 2010

Read this, and let it really sink in... Then, choose how you start your day tomorrow...Jerry is the kind of guy you love to hate. He is always in a good mood and always has something positive to say. When someone would ask him how he was doing, he would reply, "If I were any better, I would be twins!" He was a unique manager because he had several waiters who had followed him around from restaurant to restaurant.

The reason the waiters followed Jerry was because of his attitude. He was a natural motivator. If an employee was having a bad day, Jerry was there telling the employee how to look on the positive side of the situation.

Seeing this style really made me curious, so one day I went up to Jerry and asked him, I don't get it! You can't be a positive person all of the time. How do you do it?" Jerry replied, "Each morning I wake up and say to myself, Jerry, you have two choices today. You can choose to be in a good mood or you can choose to be in a bad mood.

I choose to be in a good mood. Each time something bad happens, I can choose to be a victim or I can choose to learn from it. I choose to learn from it. Every time someone comes to me complaining, I can choose to accept their complaining or I can point out the positive side of life. I choose the positive side of life.

"Yeah, right, it's not that easy," I protested. "Yes, it is," Jerry said. "Life is all about choices. When you cut away all the junk, every situation is a choice. You choose how you react to situations. You choose how people will affect your mood. You choose to be in a good mood or bad mood. The bottom line: It's your choice how you live life."

I reflected on what Jerry said. Soon thereafter, I left the restaurant industry to start my own business. We lost touch, but I often thought about him when I made a choice about life instead of reacting to it.

Several years later, I heard that Jerry did something you are never supposed to do in a restaurant business: he left the back door open one morning and was held up at gun point by three armed robbers. While trying to open the safe, his hand, shaking from nervousness, slipped off the combination. The robbers panicked and shot him. Luckily, Jerry was found relatively quickly and rushed to the local trauma center. After 18 hours of surgery and weeks of intensive care, Jerry was released from the hospital with fragments of the bullets still in his body.

I saw Jerry about six months after the accident. When I asked him how he was, he replied, "If I were any better, I'd be twins. Wanna see my scars?" I declined to see his wounds, but did ask him what had gone through his mind as the robbery took place. “The first thing that went through my mind was that I should have locked the back door," Jerry replied. "Then, as I lay on the floor, I remembered that I had two choices: I could choose to live or I could choose to die. I chose to live."

"Weren't you scared? Did you lose consciousness?" I asked. Jerry continued, "...the paramedics were great. They kept telling me I was going to be fine. But when they wheeled me into the ER and I saw the expressions on the faces of the doctors and nurses, I got really scared. In their eyes, I read 'he's a dead man.'
I knew I needed to take action." " What did you do?" I asked. "Well, there was a big burly nurse shouting questions at me," said Jerry. "She asked if I was allergic to anything. 'Yes,' I replied. The doctors and nurses stopped working as they waited for my reply. I took a deep breath and yelled, 'Bullets!' Over their laughter, I told them, 'I am choosing to live. Operate on me as if I am alive, not dead.'"

Jerry lived thanks to the skill of his doctors, but also because of his amazing attitude. I learned from him that every day we have the choice to live fully. Attitude, after all, is everything.

Positive thinking the the first step towards a happy life.
Attitude is everything
If everyone applies just these, the whole world will live in happiness.

OH BOY!!!

A child came crying to his mother and complained that he has severe stomach-ache. She told him, “It is because your belly is empty. Come and have some food.” The child obeyed.

The next day the mother had a heavy head ache. The child consoled her, saying innocently, “Mommy, it is because your head is empty!”

On another occasion, the curious child asked his mother, “Mommy, why are some of your hairs turning grey?” She tried to use this occasion to reform him. “It is because of you, dear. Every bad action of yours will turn one of my hairs grey!” The child replied innocently,

“Now I know why your mother has only grey hairs on her head.”

Icrease Salary

Friday, December 24, 2010

One day an employee sends a letter to his boss to increase his salary!!!

Dear Bo$$

In thi$ life, we all need $ome thing mo$t de$perately. I think you $hould be under$tanding of the need$ of u$ worker$ who have given $o much $upport including $weat and $ervice to your company.

I am $ure you will gue$$ what I mean and re$pond $oon

Your$ $incerely,
Norman $oh

The next day, the employee received this letter of reply:Dear NOrman,

I kNOw you have been working very hard. NOwadays, NOthing much has changed. You must have NOticed that our company is NOt doing NOticeably well as yet.NOw the newspaper are saying the world`s leading ecoNOmists are NOt sure if the United States may go into aNOther recession. After the NOvember presidential elections things may turn bad.

I have NOthing more to add NOw. You kNOw what I mean.

Yours truly,
Manager

Insha-Allah..you'll find your way..

Everytime you feel like you cannot go on

You feel so lost

That your so alone

All you is see is night

And darkness all around

You feel so helpless

You can’t see which way to go

Don’t despair and never loose hope

Cause Allah is always by your side

Insha Allah x3

Insya Allah you’ll find your way

Everytime you commit one more mistake

You feel you can’t repent

And that its way too late

Your’re so confused, wrong decisions you have made

Haunt your mind and your heart is full of shame

Don’t despair and never loose hope

Cause Allah is always by your side

Insha Allah x3

Insya Allah you’ll find your way

Insha Allah x3

Insya Allah you’ll find your way

Turn to Allah

He’s never far away

Put your trust in Him

Raise your hands and pray

OOO Ya Allah

Guide my steps don’t let me go astray

You’re the only one that showed me the way,

Showed me the way x2

Insyaallah x3

Insya Allah we’ll find the way

MOTHER'S LOVE

A little boy came up to his mother in the kitchen one evening while she was fixing supper, and handed her a piece of paper that he had been writing on. After his Mom dried her hands on an apron, she read it, and this is what it said:

For cutting the grass: $5.00

For cleaning up my room this week: $1.00

For going to the store for you: $.50

Baby-sitting my kid brother while you went shopping: $.25

Taking out the garbage: $1.00

For getting a good report card: $5.00

For cleaning up and raking the yard: $2.00

Total owed: $14.75

Well, his mother looked at him standing there, and the boy could see the memories flashing through her mind. She picked up the pen, turned over the paper he'd written on, and this is what she wrote:

For the nine months I carried you while you were growing inside me: No Charge

For all the nights that I've sat up with you, doctored and prayed for you:

No Charge

For all the trying times, and all the tears that you've caused through the years:

No Charge

For all the nights that were filled with dread, and for the worries I knew were ahead: No Charge

For the toys, food, clothes, and even wiping your nose:

No Charge

Son, when you add it up, the cost of my love is:

No Charge.

When the boy finished reading what his mother had written, there were big tears in his eyes, and he looked straight at his mother and said, "Mom, I sure do love you." And then he took the pen and in great big letters he wrote: "PAID IN FULL".

Wanita ku..

Monday, December 20, 2010

Seorang anak laki-laki

kecil bertanya kepada ibunya "Mengapa

ibu menangis?"

"Kerana aku seorang

wanita", kata sang ibu kepadanya.

"Aku tidak mengerti",

kata anak itu.

Ibunya hanya memeluknya

dan berkata, "Dan kau tak akan pernah

mengerti"

Kemudian anak laki-laki

itu bertanya kepada ayahnya, "Mengapa

ibu suka menangis tanpa alasan?"

"Semua wanita menangis

tanpa alasan", hanya itu yang dapat

dikatakan oleh ayahnya.

Anak laki-laki kecil itu

pun lalu tumbuh menjadi seorang

laki-laki dewasa, tetap ingin tahu

mengapa wanita menangis.

Akhirnya ia menghubungi

Tuhan, dan ia bertanya, "Tuhan, mengapa

wanita begitu mudah menangis?"

Allah berfirman:

"Ketika Aku menciptakan

seorang wanita, ia diharuskan untuk

menjadi seorang yang istimewa. Aku

membuat bahunya cukup kuat untuk

menopang dunia; namun, harus cukup

lembut untuk memberikan kenyamanan "

"Aku memberikannya

kekuatan dari dalam untuk mampu

melahirkan anak dan menerima penolakan

yang seringkali datang dari anak-anaknya "

"Aku memberinya

kekerasan untuk membuatnya tetap tegar

ketika orang-orang lain menyerah, dan

mengasuh keluarganya dengan penderitaan

dan kelelahan tanpa mengeluh "

"Aku memberinya kepekaan

untuk mencintai anak-anaknya dalam

setiap keadaan, bahkan ketika anaknya

bersikap sangat menyakiti hatinya "

"Aku memberinya kekuatan

untuk mendukung suaminya dalam

kegagalannya dan melengkapi dengan

tulang rusuk suaminya untuk melindungi

hatinya "

"Aku memberinya

kebijaksanaan untuk mengetahui bahwa

seorang suami yang baik takkan pernah

menyakiti isterinya, tetapi kadang

menguji kekuatannya dan ketetapan

hatinya untuk berada disisi suaminya

tanpa ragu"

"Dan akhirnya, Aku

memberinya air mata untuk dititiskan dan

ini adalah khusus miliknya untuk

digunakan bilapun ia perlukan."

"Kau tahu;¿kecantikan

seorang wanita bukanlah dari pakaian

yang dikenakannya, susuk yang ia

tampilkan, atau bagaimana ia menyisir

rambutnya."

"Kecantikan seorang

wanita harus dilihat dari matanya,

kerana itulah pintu hatinya.. Tempat

dimana cinta itu ada."

Tips untuk kawal kemarahan

Wednesday, December 8, 2010

Tips untuk kawal kemarahan
Tips kawal kemarahan (seperti yang diajarkan oleh nabi SAW) ;

1- Kalau anda sedang berdiri, duduklah.
2- Kalau anda sedang duduk, baringlah.

**Ingat kisah ini sebelum anda marah/memaki hamun orang lain.

Abu hurairah dan Said al Magburi meriwayatkan ; “Ada seorang lelaki memarahi Sayyidina Abu Bakar. Ketika itu Rasulullah saw duduk di sebelahnya. Nabi diam sahaja, begitu juga Abu Bakar.

Selapas orang itu selesai memaki hamun dengan mengeluarkan kata-kata kesat, Abu Bakar membalas makian itu, tetapi Rasulullah bangun dan beredar dari situ. Abu Bakar hairan dan terus mengekori Nabi Muhammad sambil berkata; “Ya Rasulullah, dia memaki hamun saya dan engkau pula diam. Ketika saya menjawab maki hamun itu, tiba-tiba engkau bangun lalu pergi.”

Rasulullah lantas menjawab ; “Sesungguhnya malaikat mengembalikan semua makian orang itu kepadanya ketika engkau diam, tetapi ketika engkau membalas makian itu, maka malaikat pergi dan syaitan pula masuk dan saya tidak suka duduk bersama syaitan.” Rasulullah kemudian bersabda lagi; “Allah akan memuliakan hamba-Nya ketika sedang dianiaya lalu memberikan kemaafan sambil mengharapkan keredhaan Allah.”

Abu Said al Khurdi pula berkata : Rasulullah ada bersabda : “Awaslah kamu daripada sifat marah kerana marah itu menyalakan api dalam hati anak Adam. Maka sesiapa yang berasakan demikian ketika berdiri, hendaklah dia duduk dan jika dia duduk hendaklah ia berbaring.”

Abu Hurairah al Bahlili berkata bahawa Rasulullah pernah bersabda : “Sesiapa yang pemarah tetapi dapat menahan marahnya dengan sabar, maka Allah akan mengisi hatinya dengan keredhaan pada hari kiamat.”

Pickup in the Rain

Wednesday, December 1, 2010

One night, at 11:30 PM, an older African American woman was standing on the side of an Alabama highway trying to endure a lashing rain storm. Her car had broken down and she desperately needed a ride. Soaking wet, she decided to flag down the next car. A young white man stopped to help her - generally unheard of in those conflict-filled 1960s. The man took her to safety, helped her get assistance and put her into a taxi cab. She seemed to be in a big hurry! She wrote down his address, thanked him and drove away.

Seven days went by and a knock came on the man's door. To his surprise, a giant console color TV was delivered to his home. A special note was attached. It read: "Thank you so much for assisting me on the highway the other night. The rain drenched not only my clothes but my spirits. Then you came along. Because of you, I was able to make it to my dying husband's bedside just before he passed away. God bless you for helping me and unselfishly serving others."

Lessons:

Offer help to anyone who needs it

Thank others for helping you.

If you help someone. Someone will help you.

If everyone does just these, the whole world will live in happiness.

What is Happiness?

Tuesday, November 30, 2010

Happiness is something you decide on ahead of time.

The 92-year-old, petite, well-poised and proud lady, who is fully dressed each morning by eight o'clock, with her hair fashionably coifed and makeup perfectly applied, even though she is legally blind, moved to a nursing home today.

Her husband of 70 years recently passed away, making the move necessary.

After many hours of waiting patiently in the lobby of the nursing home, she smiled sweetly when told her room was ready.

As she maneuvered her walker to the elevator, I provided a visual description of her tiny room, including the eyelet sheets that had been hung on her window. "I love it," she stated with the enthusiasm of an eight-year-old having just been presented with a new puppy.

"Mrs. Jones, you haven't seen the room .... just wait."

"That doesn't have anything to do with it," she replied. "Happiness is something you decide on ahead of time. Whether I like my room or not doesn't depend on how the furniture is arranged, it's how I arrange my mind. I already decided to love it. It's a decision I make every morning when I wake up. I have a choice; I can spend the day in bed recounting the difficulty I have with the parts of my body that no longer work, or get out of bed and be thankful for the ones that do. Each day is a gift, and as long as my eyes open I'll focus on the new day and all the happy memories I've stored away, just for this time in my life."

She went on to explain, "Old age is like a bank account, you withdraw from what you've put in. So, my advice to you would be to deposit a lot of happiness in the bank account of memories Thank you for your part in filling my Memory bank. I am still depositing."

And with a smile, she said:

"Remember the five simple rules to be happy:

1. Free your heart from hatred.
2. Free your mind from worries.
3. Live simply.
4. Give more.
5. Expect less."

HAVE A BETTER TOMORROW..

Friday, November 26, 2010

WARREN BUFFET

Thursday, November 25, 2010

There was a one hour interview on CNBC with Warren Buffet, the second richest man who has donated $31 billion to charity. Here are some very interesting aspects of his life:

1. He bought his first share at age 11 and he now regrets that he started too late!

2. He bought a small farm at age 14 with savings from delivering newspapers.

3. He still lives in the same small 3-bedroom house in mid-town Omaha that he bought after he got married 50 years ago. He Says that he has everything he needs in that house. His house does not have a wall or a fence.

4. He drives his own car everywhere and does not have a driver or security people around him.

5. He never travels by private jet, although he owns the world's largest private jet company.

6. His company, Berkshire Hathaway, owns 63 companies. He writes only one letter each year to the CEOs of these companies, giving them goals for the year. He never holds meetings or calls them on a regular basis. He has given his CEOs only two rules.

Rule number 1: do not lose any of your shareholders’ money.

Rule number 2: Do not forget rule number 1..

7. He does not socialize with the high society crowd. His past time after he gets home is to make himself some popcorn and watch Television.

8. Bill Gates, the world's richest man met him for the first time only 5 years ago. Bill Gates did not think he had anything in common with Warren Buffet. So he had scheduled his meeting only for half hour. But when Gates met him, the meeting lasted for ten hours and Bill Gates became a devotee of Warren Buffet.

9. Warren Buffet does not carry a cell phone, nor has a computer on his desk.

His advice to young people: " Stay away from credit cards " and invest in yourself and

Remember::

A. Money doesn't create man but it is the man who created money.
B. Live your life as simple as you are.
C. Don't do what others say, just listen to them, but do what you feel good.
D. Don't go on brand names; just wear those things in which u feel comfortable.
E. Don't waste your money on unnecessary things; just spend them on who are really in need, rather.
F. After all it's your life then "Why do we give a chance to others to rule our lives."

FEAR OF PUBLIC SPEAKING

Sunday, November 14, 2010

Do you have a fear of public speaking? I would guess that if you are reading this, you probably do. For the longest time, I had the same fear. It's actually not that uncommon. In fact, various studies have shown that the fear of speaking in public is ranked higher than the fear of death. (hahaha)

In other words, some people would rather die than have to speak in public. This may sound a bit extreme to many of you but if you get nervous, shaky, and sweat like crazy just at the taught of speaking in front of a group of people, then you can probably see that it's somewhat understandable, at least at the moment.

I remember I used to be deathly afraid of public speaking. My legs would get weak as I made my way in front of the audience. My mouth would tremble as I would begin to utter the first few words. I would sway back and forth or do some awkward things with my hands. I would avoid eye contact at all cost unless I find someone with a smiling face, then I would just stare at that person for the whole speech.

Have you experienced these things? It's not exactly the best experience to have is it? Fortunately, there is a way to overcome fear of public speaking. Just to give you my experience, I went from what I described above to one day being able to confidently get up in front of an audience. I'm sure there are plenty of ways of overcoming the fear of public speaking but what I will describe is what worked for me. Now for people with a severe fear of public speaking phobia, professional help may be needed.

How to Overcome Fear of Public Speaking

1. Understanding the cause of the fear.

The first step in getting rid of your fear of speaking in public is to find out why it's a fear in the first place. The main reason is the fear of being embarrassed. This includes being laughed at, messing up, or doing anything foolish and having the audience judge you. Do you get nervous when you are in a room by yourself? Probably not. It's only when there are other people, people who might judge you or think badly of you, that causes you to get nervous usually.

Knowing why you have this fear of being in front of an audience will help you figure out what to do to overcome the fear. Once the fear is revealed, it can be conquered. It could also be that you had a bad experience in the past that triggers feeling of fear. Either way, for most people, it comes down to the fear of what others might think of them.

2. Change your mindset.

In order to overcome the fear of public speaking, you need to be able to change your mindset. When you can go from thinking about yourself and what the audience might think of you to thinking about the audience and how you can best deliver your message across, you will be able to conquer this fear.

3. Practice.

Although you may still get nervous even if you have done dozens of speeches, the more you do it, the easier it will get. When you practice, it's best to do it in front of a supporting group of people. This will not only make public speaking easier but it will also help you gain confidence. You can do things like join your local Toast Masters Club where you will get the chance to practice speaking in front of people who are all there to help you become a confident, well spoken speaker.

The way I was able to defeat my fear of speaking came in two phases. The first phase was the "I Don't Care" phase. In high school, in order to get an A in my speech class (we were required to take it), I had to join the speech and debate team. Since grades were really important to me at the time, I reluctantly joined even though at the time, I was still afraid of speaking in public.

Since my sole purpose was to get an A in the class, I didn't care about winning any debates or speech contests. Because of this attitude, when I got up in front of people to speak, I wasn't nervous. Even when I messed up and forgot what to say, I still didn't get nervous because I really didn't care since just joining the team was a guaranteed A for me.

Instead of thinking, "What if I mess up?" I thought, "How can I best impact the people in my audience?" Those are two completely different questions. One question will put you in the mindset of fear while the other will put you in the mindset of power.

So overcoming fear of public speaking comes down to having the right mindset and practicing. Start practicing in front of supportive people. Once your focus is on creating value for them, your fear of public speaking will be gone. Good luck.

http://www.motivational-well-being.com/fear-of-public-speaking.html

HOW TO REACT TO FAILURE

Saturday, November 13, 2010

In order to know how to react to failure, you must become aware of the three natural reactions. When you read what I am about to show you, you will probably think that the best way to react to failure is obvious while wondering why anyone would react any differently. The reason is because many times, until we become aware of our actions, we may not even realize we are doing it.

The 3 Ways People React to Failure

1. Give Up

This is the most common reaction. Why? It is the easiest to do. What many people will do when they are met with challenges and obstacles that cause them to fail in reaching their goals is to start making excuses and blaming circumstances and other people for the failure.

Standing back up after you fall and continuing to press forward is difficult. Coming up with justifications to why you failed is easy, and that is why most people choose this reaction. They cannot stand the fact that they are 100% responsible for their failure and because of that, they will set more goals just to end up quitting over and over again.

2. Persist

This is the reaction we have all heard about. When the going gets tough, we must persist, we must keep going, and never give up. The problem with this reaction to failure is that you can put in a huge amount of energy and effort but if you are doing the wrong things, your results are not going to change.

Albert Einstein once said, "The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different result." The fact is even if you go out there and you give it all you've got and get up each and every time you're knocked down, you can still fail to achieve your desired results if you're doing the wrong things. If you react to failure in this fashion, you will either end up giving up out of exhaustion and discouragement or you will spend the rest of your life falling and getting back up but never achieving your goals.

So what do you do instead?

3. Re-strategize

Successful people believe failure is nothing but a feedback mechanism. If you try something and it doesn't work, learn from it, and only then do you try again. You must be able to not only take action continuously, but also figure out what is working and what is not. Each time you fail, you will gain experience and the more experience you gain, the better you can strategize your next move and increase your chance of success.

So how long do you re-strategize and keep taking a different approach? Until you succeed. This is the surest way to achieve any goal you set for yourself. Persistence is great, but if you persist on the wrong things, you'll be persisting for the rest of your life.

If you want to speed up the process, then find someone who has already achieved the goal you want and ask them what they did, then, do the same thing. Using someone else's experience will save you the hassle of having to go through too many trials and errors. When you react to failure in this manner, your success will just be a matter of time.

Until next time...

Love Life. Do Good. Live Well.