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Paul Graham - "The persistent are attached to the goal. The obstinate are attached to their ideas about how to reach it."
<p>Welcome to<a href="https://greatnewspodcast.com/dailyquote"> the Daily Quote</a>, the podcast designed to kickstart your day in a positive way. I'm your host, Andrew McGivern, and this episode is brought to you by <a href="https://greatnewspodcast.com/podcast">the Great News podcast</a>. Because great news should be heard, and the link is <a href="https://greatnewspodcast.com/podcast">right here</a> in the show notes.</p><p>Support the show ➡ <a href="https://greatnewspodcast.com/support">Buy me a coffee </a></p><p>Before we get to today's quote, here's a little background on the author. <strong>Paul Graham</strong> is an English-American computer scientist, entrepreneur, venture capitalist, and essayist. He co-founded the software company Viaweb, which was acquired by Yahoo, and later co-founded Y Combinator, one of the world's most influential startup accelerators. Graham is also widely known for his essays on startups, technology, creativity, and problem-solving.</p><p>Today's quote comes from Paul Graham's 2024 essay, <em>"The Right Kind of Stubborn":</em></p><p><em><strong>"The persistent are attached to the goal. The obstinate are attached to their ideas about how to reach it."</strong></em></p><p>There's a subtle but incredibly important difference between persistence and stubbornness.</p><p>If you're persistent, you're committed to the destination—but you're willing to change the route.</p><p>You might try one strategy.</p><p>It doesn't work.</p><p>So you try another.</p><p>You listen to feedback.</p><p>You learn from failure.</p><p>And you adjust your approach.</p><p>But if you're obstinate, you can become so attached to your original idea that changing course feels like giving up.</p><p>And that's where stubbornness can become a problem.</p><p>Think about a goal you're pursuing right now.</p><p>Maybe you want to build a business.</p><p>Improve your health.</p><p>Change careers.</p><p>Write a book.</p><p>Or accomplish something you've been working toward for years.</p><p>The question isn't simply, "Am I willing to keep going?"</p><p>It's also, "Am I willing to change how I get there?"</p><p>Because sometimes the path that gets you to your goal looks completely different from the path you imagined when you started.</p><p>Persistence says, "I'll figure it out."</p><p>Obstinacy says, "It has to happen this way."</p><p>So here's the question: What goal are you committed to—and what approach might you need to let go of in order to achieve it?</p><p>Remember, don't be so attached to the method that you lose sight of the mission.</p><p>Be persistent about the destination.</p><p>Be flexible about the route.</p><p>That's going to do it for today. I'm Andrew McGivern signing off for now, but I'll be back... tomorrow! Same pod time, same pod station with another <strong>Daily Quote</strong>.</p><p><br></p>
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