"You may have to fight a battle more than once to win it." Margaret Thatcher I'm a big believer in being persistent without crossing the line to being insistent. I've not always been good a figuring out where that demarcation line is, but I try. Another related quote that fits is, "If it was easy it would have already been done." Battles are not fought over the little things. Unfortunately many times it feels as though the "battles" end up being about "turf."
If you have a good idea, or an action to take that people reject out of handâ"stick with it. Don't expect immediate acceptance. Just look at the use of social media in emergency management. I started talking about it around 18 months ago and people were not enamored with the idea. Still today there are many skeptics, yet I feel the tide has turned and there are more people looking at ways to use social media. In a few more years if will be considered mainstream.
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If you have a good idea, or an action to take that people reject out of handâ"stick with it. Don't expect immediate acceptance. Just look at the use of social media in emergency management. I started talking about it around 18 months ago and people were not enamored with the idea. Still today there are many skeptics, yet I feel the tide has turned and there are more people looking at ways to use social media. In a few more years if will be considered mainstream.
