{"id":36232,"date":"2021-05-10T14:24:04","date_gmt":"2021-05-10T14:24:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/merikebi.warrenmyers.com\/?p=36232"},"modified":"2021-05-10T14:24:04","modified_gmt":"2021-05-10T14:24:04","slug":"a-boss-once-gave-me-what-i-thought-was-an-impossible-task-i-said-okay-ill-try-he-explained-that-i-would-finish-as-long-as-i-didnt-quit-trying-didnt-enter-into-it-persistence-was","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/merikebi.warrenmyers.com\/?p=36232","title":{"rendered":"`A boss once gave me what I thought was an #impossible task. I said, &#8220;Okay&#8230; I&#8217;ll try.&#8221; He explained that I would finish as long as I didn&#8217;t #quit. Trying didn&#8217;t enter into it. #Persistence was all that mattered.`"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">`A boss once gave me what I thought was an <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/impossible?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#impossible<\/a> task. I said, &quot;Okay&#8230; I&#39;ll try.&quot; He explained that I would finish as long as I didn&#39;t <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/quit?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#quit<\/a>. Trying didn&#39;t enter into it. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Persistence?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Persistence<\/a> was all that mattered.`<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Warren Myers \ud83d\udc27\ud83d\udc3f (@warrenmyers) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/warrenmyers\/status\/1391759955879923718?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 10, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/>\nfrom Twitter https:\/\/twitter.com\/warrenmyers<\/p>\n<p>May 10, 2021 at 10:20AM<br \/>\nvia <a href=\"https:\/\/ifttt.com\/?ref=da&#038;site=wordpress\">IFTTT<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>`A boss once gave me what I thought was an #impossible task. I said, &quot;Okay&#8230; I&#39;ll try.&quot; He explained that I would finish as long as I didn&#39;t #quit. Trying didn&#39;t enter into it. #Persistence was all that mattered.` &mdash; Warren Myers \ud83d\udc27\ud83d\udc3f (@warrenmyers) May 10, 2021 from Twitter https:\/\/twitter.com\/warrenmyers May 10, 2021 at 10:20AM &hellip;<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/merikebi.warrenmyers.com\/?p=36232\" class=\"more-link pen_button pen_element_default pen_icon_arrow_double\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">`A boss once gave me what I thought was an #impossible task. I said, &#8220;Okay&#8230; I&#8217;ll try.&#8221; He explained that I would finish as long as I didn&#8217;t #quit. 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