Your life tomorrow will be the result of your attitudes and the choices you make today. You are already a winner. In Beaumont, Texas, at the turn of the century a man was asked if a drilling company could drill for oil on his land. He was a millionaire all along. However, until you recognize, confess, accept and develop, you may as well not have.
Persistence is much the same way.
Some of you may be thinking that it is too late. You are too old or that won't work anymore. There are probably some differences for all of us, but unless our desires are unrealistic, they should not be diversely different. Failure is an event, not a destination. All of us will fail at some time or the other on our climb upwards.