{"id":1576,"date":"2016-01-24T19:12:30","date_gmt":"2016-01-24T23:12:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/marketingtrw.com\/blog\/?p=1576"},"modified":"2016-11-09T17:10:32","modified_gmt":"2016-11-09T21:10:32","slug":"it-does-not-matter-how-slowly-you-go-so-long-as-you-do-not-stop-confucius-quote-art","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/marketingtrw.com\/blog\/it-does-not-matter-how-slowly-you-go-so-long-as-you-do-not-stop-confucius-quote-art\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;It does not matter how slowly you go, so long as you do not stop.&#8221;  &#8211; Confucius Quote Art"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote>\n<h2>&#8220;It does not matter how slowly you go, so long as you do not stop.&#8221;- Confucius<\/h2>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Print available on <a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/1PMBbOV\" target=\"_blank\">Storenvy<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Far too often we&#8217;re concerned with reaching our destination. We want to do things as fast as we can. We want to &#8220;make it&#8221; before we&#8217;ve had the chance to think things through. The problem is, when we don&#8217;t immediately find the success we are looking for, we give up.<\/p>\n<p>[bctt tweet=&#8221;We have become far too impatient with ourselves and the world around us&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p>We have become far too impatient with ourselves and the world around us. We rarely take the time to reflect on our goals and how we can achieve them. There&#8217;s a reason they say Rome wasn&#8217;t built in a day.<\/p>\n<p>Here are some things I try to tell myself when things aren&#8217;t going as quickly as I would like:<\/p>\n<h2>Greatness isn&#8217;t achieved overnight<\/h2>\n<p>[bctt tweet=&#8221;Everything worth doing takes time&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p>Everything worth doing takes time. We shouldn&#8217;t try to rush to success. We need to be more patient with ourselves.<\/p>\n<p>Leonardo da Vinci, the master of his craft, spent <a href=\"http:\/\/www.arcamax.com\/knowledge\/trivia\/s-914635\" target=\"_blank\">3-4 years painting the Mona Lisa<\/a>, and still wasn&#8217;t done. Michelangelo, another great master, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.accademia.org\/explore-museum\/artworks\/michelangelos-david\/\" target=\"_blank\">took over two years to create the statue of David<\/a>. It took Disney and his crew <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Snow_White_and_the_Seven_Dwarfs_(1937_film)\" target=\"_blank\">3 years to make Snow White<\/a>. J.K. Rowling<a href=\"http:\/\/www.harrypotter.bloomsbury.com\/uk\/jk-rowling-biography\/\" target=\"_blank\"> spent five years planning out the seven books in the Harry Potter series<\/a>, and it took seven years between coming up with the idea to publishing her first book.<\/p>\n<p>All this goes to show that great works of art take time. You don&#8217;t need to rush to bring your idea, or your piece of art, to the world.<\/p>\n<p>The important\u00a0thing to remember is to not give up. If you truly believe in what you are creating, you won&#8217;t give up at the first sign of adversity. Give your art as much time as it needs.<\/p>\n<h2>Failure isn&#8217;t permanent<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/marketingtrw.com\/blog\/tag\/failure\/\" target=\"_blank\">Failure <\/a>is not the end of the world. Every failure teaches us a valuable lesson. We can&#8217;t let a single failure set us back. Instead, we need to learn from them.<\/p>\n<p>Albert Einstein wasn&#8217;t always considered a genius. He <a href=\"http:\/\/he wishes she'd ignored the experts Yiyun Li Wednesday 2 March 2005 11.20 EST Last modified on Thursday 14 January 2016 18.40 EST Share on Pinterest Share on LinkedIn Share on Google+ Shares 468 Save for later Einstein did not start speaking until he was four, or so I was told by friends when they learned that Vincent, my toddler son, had a problem with his speech development. But it was of little comfort: I had not set out to raise another Einstein. No, I did not want him to be that special. Of course he was special to me, for who else could entertain me for hours with a little plump finger or toothless giggles? But in the meantime, wouldn't it be nice if his length and weight fell into the appropriate percentiles, and he rolled over and sat and crawled and talked at the right time - in a word, that he was normal. The problem began during the well-baby check at the pediatrician's office in Iowa when he turned one. We were informed that Vincent was not making enough meaningful babbling. According to the doctor, a one-year-old baby should have a vocabulary of at least three to five words and be able to repeat syllables such as mama, baba and dada; Vincent mastered none of the required skills. He was a gesturer only. The doctor suggested we have Vincent evaluated by a speech therapist. We agreed halfheartedly to consider the option - despite my early obsession with all the milestones a baby should reach, by this time I was relaxed enough not to panic. After all, even though Vincent failed to roll over at the fifth month when other babies are supposed to do so, he caught up when he was six-and- a-half months old; and, to make up for that, he started walking at nine-and-a-half months, earlier than average. My Indian babysitter, herself an experienced mother, told us that each baby has his or her ow\" target=\"_blank\">didn&#8217;t speak until he was four<\/a>. According to legend, Thomas Edison <a href=\"http:\/\/www.uky.edu\/~eushe2\/Pajares\/OnFailingG.html\" target=\"_blank\">failed\u00a01,000 times\u00a0before he created the light bulb<\/a>. Abraham Lincoln <a href=\"http:\/\/www.abrahamlincolnonline.org\/lincoln\/education\/failures.htm\" target=\"_blank\">had multiple business failures and lost many elections<\/a> before he became president of the United States. Oprah Winfrey&#8217;s first boss told her<a href=\"http:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/pictures\/celebs-who-went-from-failures-to-success-stories\/10\/\" target=\"_blank\"> she was too emotional and not right for TV<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>[bctt tweet=&#8221;It&#8217;s what you do after failures that truly matters&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p>Everyone encounters failure. It is inevitable. It&#8217;s what you do after failures that truly matters. Will you give up in the face of adversity or will you learn from your mistakes?<\/p>\n<p>Stop trying to be an instant success. Failure is part of the game.<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;<\/p>\n<p>The next time you think about quitting, just remember <a href=\"http:\/\/marketingtrw.com\/blog\/tag\/success\/\" target=\"_blank\">success<\/a> takes time. It doesn&#8217;t matter if it takes you one year or ten years. If you are <a href=\"http:\/\/marketingtrw.com\/blog\/tag\/persistence\/\" target=\"_blank\">persistent<\/a> and dedicated, you will find success.<\/p>\n<p>So many people give up. You automatically have a leg up on the competition simply by persisting. 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