In addition, no meaningful achievements are
recorded without staying power. Staying
power connotes developing vision, passion,
patience, perseverance and determination
towards a particular course of action.
Persons with staying power or ability are not
quitters. They are always encouraging
themselves in their life pursuits. They look up
to the end result, and by so doing developing
powering skills and strength to move on
towards destiny realization.
Men with staying powers are not deterred by
initial delays; which they see as stepping
stone to move closer to the ladder of success.
They are not deterred by negative criticisms
in the quest to conquer or excel in life.
People with ability to finish a task or staying
powers are courageous and champions. When
their efforts are not yielding, they continue to
strive believing that there is time for
everything.
The man who would have taken the credit for
discovering the aeroplane would have been
Dr. Samuel Lanley; a Professor of
Mathematics/Astronomy, but he did not
because he lacked staying power or finishing
ability. He lacked patience and persistence.
Obstacles, criticisms and financial setbacks
came his way and he abandoned what would
have kept his names in the minds of many
people all over the world.
However, Orville and Wilbur Wright who
were not so educated and lacking in funds
discovered their dreams, worked hard and
with great determination developed the
aeroplane, today the Wright brothers who
developed staying power are being
celebrated by the world.
Reuben Martinez from Miami Arizona United
States of America is one man who
demonstrated great staying power towards
promoting reading and literacy values in the
world.
Reuben’s parents who were Mexican
immigrants who worked in mines had no
business in reading books. However, Reuben
had vision towards reading. He admitted that
his mother always wanted him to put down
his book and clean the yard.
Following his interest in reading and literacy
development, he went further to develop the
required finishing ability, that even by 6.45
am every day, he would woke up and read his
neighbor’s newspapers brought by
newspaper boy, thereafter, he folds back and
kept the newspapers for the owner (his
neighbour). His interest and ability made his
neighbour to encourage Reuben. His vision
also moved his teachers to assist him via
lending him books. With great determination
and perseverance, Reuben, later opened a
barbershop, and continued with his visionary
drive in literacy development leading to his
using his barbershop to start lending the
books he had collected to people to read;
Reuben later stopped lending books as
borrowers stopped returning the borrowed
books, rather now selling books which he
started with only two books, he sold in 1983.
Reuben’s drive continued and he became an
advocate for literacy as a result of his staying
ability demonstrated by him. Few years later,
the barbershop with books became a book
store; which he calledLibreria Martinez
Books and Art Gallery which has grown
tremendously.
By his industry, as at year 2007, the store now
store up to seventeen thousand titles and has
become one of the country’s largest
collections of Spanish Language books. He has
also opened more books stores.
For his vision and courage to promote
literacy, he stated hosting a weekly cable
show on Univision. He cofounded the Latino
Book Festival with actor Edward James
Olmos. Reuben stated speaking at Schools and
to other groups to promote literacy. As his
vision and courage in this area increases, in
2004, he won a MacArthur Foundation
fellowship often called a “genius grant” - for
fusing the roles of market place and
community centre to inspire appreciation of
literacy and literature and preserve Latino
Literacy heritage.
His staying ability also started paying off in
that he received honourary doctorate in
human letter from Whittier College in 2005,
and was also named one of Inc.com’s twenty-
six most fascinating entrepreneurs.
Reuben Martinez vision and courage in life
became tremendous leading to his achieving
remarkable successes in global literacy
development to prove that one’s dream is
achievable through demonstrating staying
ability.
Reference:
http://www.inspireforgreatness.com/inspiration/195-developing-staying-power.html
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