What resists, persists. I heard this for the first time a couple of weeks ago. It got me to thinking — if we resist something such as a change in our life or business, a new product or service that might help us, or anything “just because” — then whatever the situation is it will stay the same and not change.

You have to work to change the word — from “persists” to “persistence” — that is, you must actively work to change the circumstance so that you move forward and make things happen. Standing still is not the answer!

“The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable man persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore, all progress depends on the unreasonable man.” — George Bernard Shaw