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! ! 154 key. Lack of pe rseverance creates problems. A person sets out to do a job and then leaves it u nfinished. The little that is accomplished will also as a result be wasted. Therefore, until perseverance is inculcated in children and in those who train them, all their efforts will remain fruitless. Lack o f Perseverance L eaves an Impact Today we host a convention. I f in one year, no work has been done on this project , then the effect will be far more detrimental upon our children. The consequences of initiating a project are short - li ved. On the other hand , leaving something unfinished has a very dangerous effect, which people themselves may not even recognize. When a task is abandoned after it is started , childr en are left believing that adults are teaching us that there isn’t anything which should be continuously worked at. This will result in their inability to succeed. Whereas, if they are left with the impression that every job requires steadfastness , they will adopt the trait of perseverance and they will never fail. Lack of p erseverance is a great weakness. I ha ve b een previously invited several times to address this children’s organization, however I have been unable to attend until today. I also initiated an organization for adults, which I personally attended se veral times to encourage its progress. However, since I have not attended for some time, the conferences were stopped. The secretary in charge probably talked himself blue, attempting to preach the message of steadfastness. He most likely lost his mind in brainstorming countless ways to finish the job. However, the y could not finish the task they started and so it was abandoned. They may be eager to offer up suggestions to important governments, yet they canno t even accomplish a small task such as this. It is understandable that a single person cannot do this job, but if they adopt perseverance, it may inspire some if not all, to be steadfast. Europeans truly understan d this concept. They have some shops and newspapers which have been running for almost three hundred years. The y have been in operation since the original conception of that newspaper or business. Similarly, there are schools which are still running from the time they were founded. The reason for this is that