Irresponsibility can be an addiction as strong as drugs or alcohol, Irresponsible Anonymous is a 12 step program to kick the habit of breaking promises, this is Step 9 and it’s about seeing the long term and not getting stuck on the small defeats.
Between 1337 and 1452 occurred a series of events historians call “the war of the 100 years”.
The 113 years of conflict between England and France is a period that defined our global reality, and I take it as an example of persistency and focus.
The war was eventually “won” (if such a thing can be said about war), by France. This victory wasn’t the consequence of one heroic encounter between two majestic armies, like in the movies, but the sum of battles beyond count, not only in the field of war, but also in politics, religion and economy.