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The origins of endurance can be The first ability is to reject formative years of toddlers to the
traced back to its Latin roots as are rejection. Here the reader will note secondary educational process, human
many of the words spoken today. the often-quoted words of James beings are negatively conditioned. I
From its Latin roots, “indurare” Allen who said, “A man is literally know this to be true after coaching
in the 12th century Old French to the complete sum of all his thought.” 95% of those individuals had 100%
hundreds of individuals. While over
which means “to make hard “evolved
what he thinks, his character being
Focusing on Strengths is the fifth
clarity about their weaknesses, less than
“endure”, which means “to make
hard, harden; bear, tolerate; keep
5% had clarity about their strengths.
ability noted in the book. From the
up, maintain.” Through this
evolution, one can grasp the depth
The Chain Reaction to Success of this word. In late Latin, the
definition changed to mean, “harden
(the heart) against”. (Source:
Etymonline.com)
Character building happens
through enduring experiences.
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Traveling back in time, one
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