One of those Leadership 360 things we took when I was assigned to the Leadership Department at Air Command and Staff College revealed at least one person valued my tenacity — that no matter what the negative obstacles I would never, ever give up.\u00a0 Reading that meant a lot to me at the time, and, frankly, it still means a lot to me.<\/p>\n
There are a number of meaningful qualities humans need to possess.\u00a0 They do not need to possess them all, but a collection of them is helpful to have in a person’s toolbox for coping with life.\u00a0 Tenacity is one of those qualities.\u00a0 Sometimes just not giving up will net you a win.\u00a0 And that win will allow you to continue competing, and at some point, you may well succeed based upon other traits.<\/p>\n
I credit a lot of my twenty-eight year military career to tenacity — never giving up.\u00a0 The military values that trait.\u00a0 They don’t necessarily reward it with promotions, but they do value it.\u00a0 Sometimes it’s the only thing that keeps you in a marriage during the challenging spots all marriages experience.\u00a0 Life, to a certain extent, depends upon tenacity.<\/p>\n
Don’t get me wrong, knowing when to let go is every bit as important as hanging on.\u00a0 When your life it driving straight off a precipitous cliff, that is not the time to cling tenaciously.\u00a0 That is the time to look for alternative paths and apply your tenacity to taking one of those alternate, hopefully, more life-sustaining paths.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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