Find Your Tenacity
by Michael Feeley
You ARE tenacious. We all are.
Tenacity isn’t rare or exceptional – it’s human. A firm hold on something. Determined to accomplish a goal. Sticking to purpose and principles. Persistent. When someone calls you tenacious, it feels good because they’re recognizing something real in you.
But here’s the question that matters: What are you being tenacious ABOUT?
Tenacity itself is neutral – neither good nor bad. It’s simply a capacity we all possess. Someone might be tenaciously holding onto resentment or outdated self-concepts. Another person is tenaciously pursuing growth and meaningful work in their seventies. Both are being tenacious – but the outcomes couldn’t be more different.
This is where choice enters. You get to choose where to direct your tenacity. The character and outcome come from what you decide deserves your firm hold.
Find your tenacity.
Where have you been tenacious and felt proud of it?
Maybe you persisted through a career change when everyone said you were too old.
Maybe you held firm to your integrity when compromise would have been easier.
Maybe you’re tenaciously committed to staying relevant, growing, contributing – refusing the narrative that you’re not relevant or as valuable as you once were.
Your tenacity is already there. You choose: growth or limitation? Possibility or resignation? Purpose or drift?
You’re not done yet. You have so much more to give. Be tenacious about that.
Thanks – Michael (he, him)
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This matters too – Determined.
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