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Stephen is the CEO of Predictive ROI and the host of the Onward Nation podcast. He is the author of two bestselling books, speaker, trainer, and his digital marketing insights have been featured in SUCCESS, Entrepreneur, The Washington Post, Forbes, Inc. Magazine, and other media.

Good Morning Onward Nation\u2026I\u2019m Stephen Woessner. And thank you for making last week our highest download week ever here at Onward Nation. I want you to know how grateful I am that you take the time to download our episodes, to listen, and to share your wonderful feedback. Thank you so very much.

And if you listened to last week\u2019s solocast, you know that it was a deeply personal topic for me because I took you really far behind the green curtain and into my relationship with one of my first \u2014 and one of my most influential mentors \u2014 my grandfather, Peter Maronitis \u2014 and how he taught me to never ever quit.

And there were times when I struggled getting through last week\u2019s message \u2014 but \u2014 that is just because the life he led and the lessons he taught to me were so uncommon and immensely valuable. But\u2026we made it through, right, Onward Nation?

So for today\u2019s solocast, I am going to \u2014 in some ways \u2014 pick up where we left off last week \u2014 regarding quitting. And how we should never ever quit. I will illustrate that by sharing a lesson I learned from Tony Robbins. It is a story you may know \u2014 and some of you may know it very well. Just like last week in the story about Peter Maronitis, this will be a story about grit, about perseverance, about tenacity \u2014 and being so committed to what you want to do \u2014 what you believe in \u2014 your why \u2014 that you work desperately to create it.

You must relentlessly pursue your dream \u2014 your passion \u2014 what will make you totally happy in this world.

So this week\u2026I will share the story of the humble beginning\u2019s of Sylvester Stallone \u2014 one of Hollywood\u2019s most successful actors of all time. But Stallone didn\u2019t have success handed to him\u2026he had to earn it\u2026he had to knock down obstacles and barriers to prove he was worthy\u2026he had to starve, he had to endure hardship, he had to freeze in his New York City apartment, he had to go without everything, he had to find solace and heat in the public library.

He had to face brutal and cruel rejection over 1,500 times, Onward Nation. And yet\u2026despite all of that\u2026he did not quit\u2026ever. There\u2019s a lesson in greatness in this story \u2014 so let\u2019s jump into the story as it was shared by Tony Robbins.