Patience
Americans are in a hurry, people from other countries regard this as their most singular characteristic and they are right to say so, it is their national trait arising from the quest of strenght.
This energy, this driving force that demands immediate action can also be a source of weakness, for it has made us the most impatient people in the world. In times of war, many American soldiers have found themselves at a fatal disadvantage due to their typically American impatience, frequently they exposed themselves to fire unnecessarily instead of trying to outwit a sniper.
In business, the result can be the same, we want the contracts signed, the deal done and we want the done now, we often fail to take the time to think a project through because of the bias towards action thus the impatience in the ,,haste'' to get it sealed, you may give away important advantages to other who are willing to wait a little longer before taking action so as ,,He that can have patience'' Benjamin Franklin said ,,Can have what he will''.
Patience demands its own peculiar type of courage, it is a persistent type of forbearance to an ideal or goal, patience is the courage to change the things you can, the willingness to accept the things you cannot and the wisdom to know the difference. Therefore, the more strongly you focus on achieving your principal goals in life, the more patience you will have to overcome obstacles.
A dynamic rather than static, active rather than passive, this positive force is to direct your destiny rather than an acquiescent submission to the circumstances or conditions in which you find yourself, this will spring from the same type on immense energy that Americans possess in such abundance.
Knowing where you are going in life increases your tolerance for the little annoyances that come between there and that these are merely temporary delays, if you recognise them for what they are and approach them positively, you will dissolve them, they will dissapear long before your determination does.
How can you develop it? Well, there are many ways but look at your life for a minute, can you find yourself in at least one situation where you would have done it the same or better if you would have not rushed at it?
Providing you have determined your definite goals in life and you will focus with all your will until you are filled with a burning desire to achieve it and your every thought, action and prayer is dyrected towards that end, this ideea provided Edison with enough patience to invent the electric light, for salk to produce the polio vaccine, etc. The same sort of concentration on your major goals will provide the ptience you need to achieve it.