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I’ve summarized my life experiences into three main points that highlight why perseverance is the single most important character trait for you to develop.

Are you one that believes that perseverance can be learned? We are among that group. We also believe in suggestions for innovative thinking can boost team perseverance and creativity through effective collaboration.

In her novel, The Painted Drum, writer Louise Erdrich discusses taking risks:

“Life will break you. Nobody can protect you from that, and being alone won’t either, for solitude will also break you with its yearning. You have to love. You have to feel. It is the reason you are here on earth. You have to risk your heart. You are here to be swallowed up. And when it happens that you are broken, or betrayed, or left, or hurt, or death brushes too near, let yourself sit by an apple tree and listen to the apples falling all around you in heaps, wasting their sweetness. Tell yourself that you tasted as many as you could.”

Through a series of sparks and not a single flash of insight. Certainly our way of thinking.

Incredible things to learn …. perseverance leads to mastery

A sustained effort over time will typically lead to mastery.

When I first started writing, a few of my friends laughed at my books. Rightfully so. It was full of typos, had terrible grammar, and pretty mundane content. None of it was spectacular.

The perfect word to describe it: Mediocre.

And the book sales reflected that.

People will often ask, “How did you manage to get published?”

The answer is simple: Perseverance.

I spent two years writing a book, many Quora posts, and 30 editorial pitches before I got published by a major media site.

Even after this momentum, the website I just launched was slow in gaining subscribers. For example, in about two months I had only signed up around 520 subscribers.

However, after those two months of churning out weekly articles, last night I had a breakthrough of 64 subscribers in just one night!

Over time my writing has improved dramatically. My writing volume has also increased. It used to take me a few days to write an article. Now I can write a short article in an hour, and the quality is better.

This all happened because I stayed the course.

So when in doubt, always remember: persevere.

It makes you mentally stronger

I’ve failed a lot.

One of my first jobs, when I was in high school, was working as a salesperson at a tuxedo shop. A few months in, I missed one of my shifts and was fired. I was really upset with myself.

I once tried to be a professional actor and met with an agent. She told me to find another career.

I guess I could have quit writing. But why do that when it’s my passion? Better to learn from my mistakes and to keep improving.

Each of these experiences helped to shape me into who I am today.

Don’t spend time regretting your past. Do focus your energy on pushing forward.

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Remarkable … it’s something brands around the world are trying to be.

Being noticed is not the same thing as being remarkable. Seth Godin talks about how running down the street naked will get you noticed, but it won’t accomplish much. It’s easy to pull off a stunt, but it’s not useful.

Your brand doesn’t need to do crazy things to grab attention. And certainly not to be remarkable. You don’t want to border the line of insane and outlandish.

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In his book, Purple Cow, Seth Godin talks about how remarkability lies on the edges. The biggest, fastest, slowest, richest, easiest, most difficult. It doesn’t usually matter which edge, it matters more than you’re at (or beyond) the edge.

Here is the thing: don’t follow in the footsteps of other businesses. If you do, you’ll find that your marketing is boring.

Remarkable isn’t about fitting in; it’s about standing out and making a difference.

Being innovative drives remarkable design, doesn’t it?

I don’t know about you, but it’s hard to ignore a brand that’s pushing the envelope, getting its name out in the open … being innovative.

Have you seen the remarkable branding video design from this Spanish bank? The video was created to celebrate the 130th anniversary of Banco de Sabadell, which is in a city in Catalonia, Spain.

It is a very simple story. A little girl puts a coin in the troubadour’s hat. He then starts playing Beethoven’s Ode to Joy. Then the magic begins. If you haven’t seen it, watch it now, it is only 5 minutes and it will inspire you.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GBaHPND2QJg

What makes this branding so remarkable?

Of course, the whole thing was staged. Who cares? It certainly accomplished its objective to build on the brand. Over 16 million views so far. And it has engaged its audience to the tune of more than 10 thousand comments.

Pretty remarkable in itself. Of course, you can’t design for going viral. But you can target for being remarkable and engaging.

How do you rise above the noise and really stand out? It’s getting more and more difficult. But it’s still possible. Here are the remarkable branding design elements from this video.

Designing brand identity … emotional triggers

Not a real secret here. The music that is created, while familiar, is as distinctive as it is heartwarming. Watching the faces, actions, and passions of the crowd draws you into the emotion.

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There are three classes of people: those who see, those who see when shown, and those that do not see.

– Leonardo Da Vinci

No doubt. I am a big fan of great thinkers. My top thinker of all time? It has to be Da Vinci. Why do you ask? For his abilities in learning and creativity, without a doubt. A mathematician. A scientist. An engineer. An anatomist. A creative and learner. Always learning and creating.

Do you see? Maybe the lessons from Da Vinci will help. So what would be the lessons in learning and creativity derived from Da Vinci? Here are the ones I continually come back to:

Sketching and note-taking

Over his lifetime Da Vinci created 13,000 pages of sketches and notes. 13,000 pages. By hand, on individual sheets of paper. A sketch in the center, simple and done quickly, the label on top, annotations along the sides, arrows pointing to key content. Sometimes a short summary is at the bottom.