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Winston Churchill Success

Over fifty years ago, Winston Churchill came up with a definition of success that integrates both sides of the coin. It remains one of the most ingenious explanations of the concept ever put to words:

“Success consists of going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm.”

In his 90 years as a soldier, journalist, prolific author, politician and statesman during the first half of the 20th century, Winston Churchill had many opportunities to influence world events, and while opinions on his various successes and failures can be steeply divided, his was a hard-won wisdom, which he expressed with great pith and wit.

Winston Churchill was an incredibly persistent person.

He consistently stood for what he believed, “crossing the aisle” if he disagreed with his current party. He warned about the threat on the free world from the rise of Hitler before World War II. After the war, he warned about the Marxism communism threat to freedom. They were both unpopular opinions at the time that turned out to be true.

Churchill was not concerned about the popular opinion, only the truth. In his words: 

“You will never reach your destination if you stop and throw stones at every dog that barks.”

During his political career, Churchill lost more elections than any other British politician. He was the Prime Minister during World War II, only to be outed of office shortly after the war ended. He would return six years later to once again become Prime Minister.

The reason for Winston Churchill success was his persistence and perseverance. When others would have given up, he continued. When others would have given in and compromised, he stood.

 “If you’re going through hell, keep going.”

Great leaders lead change effectively. They are willing to cast a vision and be committed to it, working day and night to convince people that the path they have chosen is the right one. They stay the course and in Churchill’s words, they 

“never, never, never give up.”

Trying to inspire others, Churchill’s ended most of his conversations with his favorite phrase KBO. He constantly told everyone he met: 

“Keep Buggering On.”