Ralph FordBaylor Bears to the Southwest Conference Championship and the
Cotton Bowl. Later that year at the Fellowship of Christian Athletes
Conference annual d inner, I watched from a table with Tom Landry as
Neal was named the Athlete of the Year. Now, finally, through the
vehicle of PQ, his a cceptance speech was eloquent. Neal was later
drafted by the San Diego Chargers and played three years in the NFL
before graduating from Southwestern Baptist Theological Sem inary and
moving on to his higher goal, which was to be a youth minister.
Whatever shape your Persistency Quotient takes on—throw more
footballs, make more prospecting calls, do more network building, paint
more pictures, or attend more workshops—your success is the next
attempt. Thoreau said, “I know no more encouraging fact than the
unquestionable ability of man to elevate his life by conscious
endeavor.”WRIGHT
Just what is your next endeavor?
FORD
I’m currently working on a children’s book on persistence that every
adult should r ead.
WRIGHT
It’s been said by many who have had the benefit of your seminars,
th at you have a way of bringing down supposedly complex concepts to
easy-to-understand principles. Before we bring this interview to its
conclusion, would you share your precept review that you are now
using in your one-on-one consulting sessions?FORD
Fr om the “for what it’s worth department,” these are the thoughts I
leave with them:
- Like attracts like.
- The Universe has no limit.