Success is all about faith and determination, believing that you can do anything you decide in your mind that you really want to do, and giving a promise to keep in maintaining up to do in that thing. Fe … Persistence … and when you need something – ask!

As fire control technician in the Navy, which maintains the team told the big boys where to point, and what you shoot. That equipment includes computers and gyroscopes – Things that worked for electronic and mechanical technology.

I had to know how to maintain, troubleshoot and repair it.

Near my service down I looked through some of the possibilities career in the Navy "employment office" where I found a file Navy avionics Indianapolis facility (FINA). That file describes the position Fire Control Mechanic. It was mechanical and electrical work, as I did in the Navy. FINA sent a resume, and applied for a job as a mechanic fire control.

A couple months later I received documentation (much of it) from FINA, and thought, "That's a lot of writing for fill out the forms, "but I did anyway, and sent it back to them.

When I left the Navy I started working in a company printing in Crawfordsville, Indiana. Two of my uncles worked there, and he said he always needed help Donnelley.

That was in February 1974 and my salary item was $ 2.65 per hour. At least my memory tells me started on that salary level. Been a long time.

Later that month I got another package from FINA with more forms to fill out, and I remember thinking at that time did not want to do everything we write again. (Although not exactly the same way as before, were similar). Also, I had a job making some money, why bother? Then I thought, FINA not hire me, if not fill out the forms, so I did and sent them in.

In March, I received another package of forms of FINA, and by that time I had made my mind to send any information they wanted. It is obvious that there was any interest in hiring me, so I began to believe I got the job. Moreover, everything that cost me writer was a bit of cramp and a stamp.

After 30 days Donnelley have increased to $ 3.00 an hour. The prospects beyond that are not visible well, because after 17 years, a work colleague, doing the same job that I only paid $ 6.50 an hour. Not much room for advancement there, Huh?

In April I have yet another package of FINA, sat night, fills out the forms, and sent back the next day.

In June I received a call from the employment office Nafi inviting me to Indianapolis for an interview. We have created an appointment and I kept it. In fact, I interviewed three different people that day. I felt that they were definitely interested in hiring me.

The following week FINA called and offered me the job. They wanted to start immediately. I ordered two weeks to give notice to the printing company, and I said yes.

Two weeks later I started working for $ FINA 5.45 to the hour, starting pay for that moment.

I promoted a number of different career levels in FINA, and retired in 1997 at the age of 46, with a check monthly pension for the rest of my life.

All because somewhere deep inside me had faith that I could do the work necessary to do so FINA, because I thought I had wanted to do that job, and it was persistent in filling out the paperwork before they hired me they wanted – and asked me to work.

Think about how these powerful tools of faith, perseverance and the will to do is for the person who recognized early in life, and uses them to walk the way chosen for a life of success.

Joseph Jackson retired at the early age of 46, and now travels in his recreational vehicle, hitting scuba, camping, and kayaking destinations for playtime. He enjoys writing reports and books to pass on his experience and knowledge to help others succeed. He also searches for, and makes available, products that improve the enjoyment of his playtime activities.

For more thoughts on using persistence to succeed in life visit: Never Give Up. To learn how to measure, and track, your life’s successes see: Life’s A Process.

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