Keep Tryin'

(I'm attempting to be funny and scholarly at the same time. Watch this epic failure!)

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Just like the Force, persistence has two sides: a good and a bad. Also like the Force, if you're too persistent, you'll end up breathing through a creepy black iron lung mask thing... I take that back.

Anyway, still, being too persistent can get really irritating, especially if you can't take a hint. For example, if you constantly pester someone to talk to you and pay attention only to you, it very quickly will get on the person's nerves. However, you can still be persistent without going to extremes like such. Talking to them every once in a while when they are free to talk, for example, is a good example of good persistence.

However, that is the only situation in which I believe you must be careful how you express your persistence. In all other facets of life however, such as work, school, video games, zombie slaying, flashlight fixing, and Marcus finding, don't hold back! Show a little backbone, be persistent for Jiminy Cricket's sake!

For example, New Year's has come and gone. Have you got a resolution? Being persistent can help you achieve these resolutions instead of letting them come knocking on your door once more in 2012.

Unless we all die...

Yeah...

Anyways, for extra measure, here are a few suggestions for being persistent from the lovely folks over at wikiHow:

Numero Uno! "Set a goal." ("How") This is pretty self-explanatory, and it's also pretty essential to being persistent. If you don't know where you're going, how can you ever hope to keep yourself going long enough to get there? Surprisingly, lots of people forget this part, which leads to their eventual epic failure, so just do it. Write it down - that helps.

Nummer Zwei! "Break it down into smaller pieces." ("How") This is always helpful. If someone was forcing you to eat a cheesecake the side of a dinner table, would you eat it all in one bite? Unless you happen to be a gigantic Amazonian snake, which would explain my blog hits from Brazil, no! Find ways to break down your goal, and you can accomplish it much efficiently.

There's a lot more that you can do to be more persistent, but those are just the basics. Persistence, however, is something I believe everyone should master, all joking aside. If you can learn to pursue your goals confidently and successfully, it will lead to a lifetime of satisfaction and happiness. And with that, I bid you an Italian farewell. Arrivederci!

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Hey! Read the disclaimer! Especially you, Mr. Langley!

Yes, I realize it's a wiki site, but they have some pretty good articles, and it's very obvious which ones are quality material and which ones aren't. This one happens to be pretty good material. Okay, thank you, bye.

(I find this blog title funny because it's actually a Japanese pop song. Ha ha.)

Works Cited

"How to Be Persistent." WikiHow. MediaWiki, 29 Oct. 2007. Web. 4 Jan. 2011. .