Is it good to persevere to the extreme?
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It all depends on context for me, I’m sure for Mark the level of joy once it was published would have been worth it. In other instances sticking to absolutes are maybe not the best idea and can be harmful. At the end of the day I think you need to have perspective and not let one thing dominate your thinking.Olga Markova wrote: ↑14 Feb 2023, 16:54 When Mark and Jack tried to publish their first-ever Chicken Soup for the Soul book, they received 144 rejections before they eventually succeeded to find a publisher. Although the book eventually turned out to be hugely successful, reading about this quest I kept thinking that maybe life is too short, and I still keep asking myself if they should have made changes to get accepted by publishers sooner, self-published, or altogether moved on and directed their energy elsewhere. Any thoughts about this extreme perseverance?
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