 to a lecture on perseverance. Guess we're gonna lecture on tonight. We're going to talk about perseverance and the reason we're gonna talk about this is because it is so, so important in reference to trading and actually it's important to trading and in life. So let's start from the beginning. What is a definition? The dictionary definition of perseverance. This is from dictionary.com. Perseverance is a steady persistence in a course of action, a purpose, a state, especially in spite of difficulties, obstacles, or discouragement. In theology, it's a continuance and state of grace to the end leading to eternal salvation. That's a great definition. Anyways, that is the definition of perseverance. Now, why is this important? Because the time it takes to become successful training or doing anything in life varies from person to person. Now, when I'm talking about anything in life, I'm talking about some goal you want to achieve that is astronomical, believable, and yet you want to do it. For some people, it's a few weeks, a few months, a few years, and for some, it's a lifetime. And yet for others, they will never become successful because they will quit and give up before success has had a chance to blossom. If you wanna guarantee in trading the market or you wanna guarantee in life, I can give you a guarantee. You always ask me, Melissa, what's the guarantee that if I take your class and pay $3,500, I'm gonna make this money back and more? You know what? I'll tell you a guarantee right now. Guarantee you that if you quit, you will not make it. That I can guarantee. So therefore, what are your choices not to quit? That's your only choice because if you quit, you will not make it. I think it's like this thing. I don't even know what it is. It's like this thing where people actually want to quit. Now, let's say you're going up a mountain in life. You're going up the mountain. You're climbing the mountain. You're halfway through. You feel like you wanna quit. And this is even with your trading. Like you're, you start to make some progress and then something happens and you fall off a cliff and then you start to make some more and then you fall off a cliff again. This is the process of getting past the halfway mark where then you just go and you just, you're just, it's just go time. Okay. You've got to get to that point. I find that most people that are willing to get through to half the percentage, like 50% or more will make it. Unfortunately, the situation is that many, many people won't get past that 50% mark. Why? Because they don't have this quality, this quality that is imperative and important to wanna be successful and it's called perseverance. This is actually, quote, I'm gonna read you next. It's from Nelson Mandela. It only seems impossible until it's done except for the fact that guess what? Nothing is impossible, nothing. In fact, I have a very important person and a very special person that works for me and he said to me the other day, you know what? Melissa, he said, nothing at this point is impossible. He also said, Melissa, you are not normal. Now, I don't want you to take that the wrong way because what I'm saying is that the idea of being normal in this society, in this world, is not gonna get you where you wanna be if you wanna be successful, if you wanna achieve your dreams. Why? I don't know why except for the fact that I will tell you that society does not support us, uplift us, push us over the loop. Sometimes we need it. We have to look within, okay? And this is what I'm trying to convey to you. So if you feel like you're not normal, it's okay. It's actually good and it means you are making progress in your own life, you're evolving and you will get there. How? Through perseverance, lecture, lecture, lecture. In order to make it, in order to ensure success and prosperity and trading, you must be willing to persevere through the hard times when they come. You might think you know what I mean but I'm telling you right now without a shot of a doubt, you won't until it actually happens to you. I don't know why this is true but I'm just telling you what is, it is one of the things that makes you great. You have to persevere. A lot of people are willing to work hard. Oh, I mean, like almost everyone I meet in the city of Manhattan wants to work hard and does work hard and works very, very hard. It's not enough. You have to be willing to persevere. Whatever you think you will have to endure to make it will be more than you think you will need to endure. I don't know why this is true. I don't know why but I can tell you that I know that it is. It's one of those things that make you great at this and I'm talking about the market or anything in life, okay? Television, whatever. Remember this, when you're testing your trading, remember this when you were tested in life because it is true. And at the end of the day, this is what separates the winners from the losers. The winners are winners because they persevere and that's what makes you a winner. They can handle the pressure that trading in the market brings or life. They can handle and will and do win when the pressure is on, full on, and they can do it. And when things seem to be working against them they can turn a negative situation around into a positive direction. You've got to be aware of this when you're training. You have to be aware of it. And not only that, you must be aware of the fact that you are trading against people that are brilliant. Therefore, if you trade a gap that does not rate 20 points or more, know that you are trading against the people that are brilliant, know that you're trading against institutional money and you can't do it. So what does my advice to you think that you want to be with the brilliant people, with the fabulous people, with the evolved people, okay? And that means you need to think, okay? Your brain is one of the greatest researchers you have, by the way. And the ultimate lesson for today is that becoming a successful trader or successful in editing in life takes diligence and hard work. I'm not saying you don't need hard work, you need hard work, but you also need diligence and more than hard work and diligence it takes perseverance. Think of this, keep this in mind when you're going along in your life. Please, please know that when you are, when you have obstacles that come upon you, it is a challenge. It is life saying to you, how badly do you want it? Push through it, move forward. That once you get past the obstacle, things will be even better than you ever imagined. Many people cannot pass through that obstacle. They do not have the capability of even recognizing what perseverance means or even is or the importance of it. I'm telling you right now, you will need to entrain me in the market and in life if you want to be successful. This is Melissa with StockSwish.com. Have a great night, everyone.