How to Be Stubborn and Successful

How to be stubborn is a skill that fortunately pretty much everyone I've ever met already knows how to do very well...

And you can use it to accomplish a lot of things in your life.

If you've read this article here on how to feel good...

Then you know the story about how I was going crazy dealing with culture shock when I moved to France...

And then after two years of it...I just got tired of it and...

Decided to focus completely on feeling good.

And I'm here to tell you that it worked...and I felt a lot better...and I still do...

I spent a lot of time reading and listening to CDs looking for ideas that would help me to feel good more often.

Basically I used outside sources...

Because I hadn't yet learned how to do it on the inside on purpose...

But that's another article...

So I did things like...

• Thinking about people whose company I enjoyed...
• Thinking about the people in my life that I really appreciated...
• Remembering really great moments in my life...
• Reading books that I really enjoyed...
• Watching TV shows and movies that I liked a lot...
• Listening to CDs, podcasts, and MP3s that made me feel good...

And if you are just starting out with learning to feel good more often...

It's one of the easiest places to start out...

The most important thing I did was to get really fed up with all the pain and misery and get really determined that I can learn to feel good no matter what is going on.

Fortunately if there is one thing I do very well...

It's getting determined.

Ask my mother...I know how to be stubborn...

Some people call it being stubborn...but that's only because they are not pleased with whatever you are determined to not do or do...

So you could say I was completely obstinate, stubborn, hard headed and determined that I can learn to feel good no matter what is going on.

Now...

I know that everyone on this planet knows how to be stubborn...

Usually it's because someone tells you that you can't do something...and if that's you...

Then I want you to imagine your mother (or whoever you are the most stubborn with)...

Telling you that you can't be happy in a way that makes you absolutely determined to do the opposite...

And now you can imagine what your life will be like as you go out into the world and do the things that you're going to do...

Absolutely determined that you are going to learn to be happy and feel good...

Of course...you know that you're not perfect and there will be moments when you don't remember or whatever...

So why not just expect that it's going to happen...

And then you can laugh at how silly it is sometimes to get upset about getting upset...

And you can become even more determined than ever...

Because being determined about what it is you want to have or do is the most important part of being successful at anything.

It doesn't matter how long it takes...

It doesn't matter how fast you go...

If you are absolutely determined to keep at it until you get there...

You will.

And if you're completely determined to learn to have fun along the way, you'll enjoy yourself the entire time...

And while we're on the subject of How to Be Stubborn and Successful...

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Suzanne

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