The sweat solution

# Chapter 27

The three P’s of sure success are persistence, patience and perspiration, according to many and various writers. Perspiration gets the least airtime of these three. I am not sure why this is the non-sexy one to talk about or write about. Even I do this. I was going through my archives yesterday and noticed that I recently wrote about patience and persistence as the twin towers of power. Where is the sweat? One of my side hustles is a Real Estate venture and we talk about “sweat equity” a great deal, but outside of that genre of business or development we hear very little about the sweat solution.

The sweat solution actually has more than one side to it. That which provides the right amount of tension inside of you, to the point in which you start to sweat the outcomes, can be a very positive thing. That is a sweat solution to a point. That which gets you all excited and sweaty is definitely a sweat solution. You need to have sustainable anticipation as part of your sweat solution. And then of course the most common meaning, just plain old hard effort and sweat into your project, path, process and you are on your way to some definitive gain. You also will need a shower, but that is just proof that you put solid effort into making some forward progress on this business, whatever it may be. Sweat solutions are also the most tangible and tactile of the three P’s, and some of you may like that, I really do. Most of the time I live in the most abstract of worlds and to do and touch and push and pull and reach and stretch and dig and nail and paint and shovel are all lovely concrete actions that make you sweat.