I have always considered passion to be the main driver for my work and my mission to pioneer a personal branding culture shift in Japan.

We always hear it is our passion that enables us to ride the roller coaster called “entrepreneurship.” But is it only passion that pushes us forward, or is there something else at play? We can be passionate, but also casually sit back and hope things will change. Our passion might get us out of bed in the morning, but is it what keeps us going throughout the day?

So I decided to look around for some insight on what it is that keeps us going and all signs seem to point to one word: Tenacity!  Without tenacity all the passion, intelligence, motivation, and desire to kick serious butt will just be lip service.  Here is what others have said about tenacity. [Read more...]