GREAT PEOPLE DON'T KNOW HOW TO QUIT

We get a daily inspirational email from Rick Warren and this one is very important for those who want to be successful in any facet of their life. The longer you live, the more you will discover that the key to success will come from your ability to handle defeat and setbacks. Former LSU men's basketball coach Dale Brown used to call hit your FQ -- your failure quotient. He said it was more important than you IQ. Here is what Warren says about you ability to keep pushing forward:

So don’t get tired of doing what is good. Don’t get discouraged and give up, for we will reap a harvest of blessing at the appropriate time. Galatians 6:9 (NLT)

There are many things that work to keep us from completing our life-missions. Over the years, I’ve debated whether the worst enemy is procrastination or discouragement. If Satan can’t get us to put off our life missions, then he’ll try to get us to quit altogether.

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The apostle Paul teaches that we need to resist discouragement: “So don’t get tired of doing what is good. Don’t get discouraged and give up …” (Galatians 6:9 NLT). Do you ever get tired of doing what’s right? I think we all do. Sometimes it seems easier to do the wrong thing than the right thing.

When we’re discouraged, we become ineffective. When we’re discouraged, we work against our own faith.
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When I’m discouraged, I’m saying, “It can’t be done.” That’s the exact opposite of saying, “I know God can do it because he said ….”

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Ask yourself these questions:

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.....How do I handle failure?

.....When things don’t go my way, do I get grumpy?

.....When things don’t go my way, do I get frustrated?

.....When things don’t go my way, do I start complaining?

.....Do I finish what I start?

.....How would I rate on persistence?

If you’re discouraged, don’t give up without a fight. Nothing worthwhile ever happens without endurance and energy.

When an artist starts to create a sculpture, he has to keep chipping away. He doesn’t hit the chisel with the hammer once, and suddenly all the excess stone falls away revealing a beautiful masterpiece. He keeps hitting it and hitting it, chipping away at the stone.

And that’s true of life, too: Nothing really worthwhile ever comes easy in life. You keep hitting it and going after it, and little-by-little your life becomes a masterpiece of God’s grace.The fact is, great people are really just ordinary people with an extraordinary amount of determination.

Great people don’t know how to quit.