Get hell-bent on making it work

‘Failure will do one of two things to you - toughen your resolve to try again with more intelligence or break you. Choosing the former is a "not-so-secret" secret to success, but that doesn't make it any easier when you're struggling. You've got to make a conscious choice to not let the failure stop you. There's a definite magic in being "hell-bent" on making something work.’

Try This:
1.Pick some place in your life where you're not happy with the level of progress you're making
2.Answer this question at least 5 times - "If I were "hell-bent" on making this work what would I do differently than I'm doing now?"
3.Then finish this sentence at least 5 times - "If in 6 months I still haven't made progress, the reasons I'll give are..."
4.Get to work doing what you wrote in #2 and ensuring what your wrote in #3 doesn't happen
5.Repeat as necessary

Doug Sundheim at the FC (Fast Company) Expert Blog quoting Elon Musk, CEO of Space – X in the blog of 1/13/10 titled ‘Get hell-bent on making it work’.

http://www.fastcompany.com/blog/doug-sundheim/leading-ideas/get-hell-bent-making-it-work