The last weeks, months I notice that I am much more structured than before. As for my major internet project I am pretty serious now to create a proper file so I can follow up things like e-mails sent to investors and such. And I finish many more things than ever before, even though sometimes it can take quite a long time before I take action, But ‘unfinished business’ stays much longer in my mind than before, and somehow, sometimes I pick up one of the old and not so important things up and finish it.

So yes, I learned some discipline. And it pays off, as with the businesses and people I try to reach for my new, huge, project, I understand it is logical some persistence is needed, that you have to send reminder e-mails or if that doesn’t work, need to send letters. As somehow the people or organizations not replying is some kind of hurdle you need to take, some kind of way to show that you are really interested, that you really want something. And no, I don’t believe it is on purpose that people don’t reply, although in some cases it may be. I guess mostly I am just one of those many kind of anonymous e-mails, people, wanting something from someone or some organization.

And yes, let me just confirm what I also read about e.g. writers who have sent their manuscripts many, many times to many, many publishers and received many, many rejections. I can confirm that indeed persistence pays off, that in the end until now most people I wanted to reach I just reached. And no, I did not get sixty or even ten rejections. Mostly three or four tries to the same person just works to get a reply. And I can also confirm that after the first few successes, I just got more confident. Even that confident, that I know know that you can reach any person you want to reach. Literally anybody. As indeed, there are two options, as I recently often state: either I achieve what I want to achieve, or I die before that.

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