Those greater advertisers in marketing land have done a pretty good job at convincing us that, once a year, we should remember our mothers on Mother’s Day. And yesterday was the big day when everyone celebrated their mother.
Well, I’m sorry it’s just not like that for me!
You see my late mother, a wonderful woman whom I appreciate more and more as the years go by, hated, yes hated, Mother’s Day with a passion. She reckoned we ought to remember mothers more frequently than once a year. She thought at least once a day was about right!
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There’s not a day goes past that I don’t think of my mother and the lessons she taught me (and the lies she told me, but I’ll save those for another day!). And right now I’m thinking of a wonderful word, amongst the many that she taught me that you don’t hear very often nowadays. And what’s that word? Well it’s…
stickability
and what a great word it is. When things get tough for me that’s when I reach out for some “stickability.” And what does it mean? Well it’s…
A person’s ability to persevere with something; staying power:
“The secret of success is stickability”.
In each of us there is a certain amount of stickability that we need to bring out from time to time. Whether in the business world or in our personal lives, we need to be able to cope with tough times, learn from them and bounce back.
We all suffer setbacks from time to time. The real test of character is how we move on and learn from those experiences. It’s stickability!
Stickability is what helps us achieve and maintain success.
That’s something for which I thank my mum today. There’s lots more to thank her for on other days. Maybe I’ll tell you sometime about another wonderful word she wedged in my brain… “gumption.”
What are the things you’re going to thank your mother for, today and every day? Not just yesterday!
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