http://www.metafilter.com/tags/perseverance Posts tagged with 'perseverance' at MetaFilter. Thu, 01 Jan 2009 07:59:41 -0800 Thu, 01 Jan 2009 07:59:41 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://www.metafilter.com/77894/A%2DMuseum%2Dof%2DLiving%2DHistory The <a href="http://www.achievement.org/">Academy of Achievement</a> brings students face-to-face with the extraordinary leaders, thinkers and pioneers who have shaped our world. Through profiles, biographies, and interviews Achievers in <a href="http://www.achievement.org/autodoc/halls/art">The Arts</a>, <a href="http://www.achievement.org/autodoc/halls/bus">Business</a>, <a href="http://www.achievement.org/autodoc/halls/ser">Public Service</a>, <a href="http://www.achievement.org/autodoc/halls/sci">Science</a>, and <a href="http://www.achievement.org/autodoc/halls/spo">Sports</a> teach us how the Academy's core values of <a href="http://www.achievement.org/autodoc/steps/pas">passion</a>, <a href="http://www.achievement.org/autodoc/steps/vis">vision</a>, <a href="http://www.achievement.org/autodoc/steps/prp">preparation</a>, <a href="http://www.achievement.org/autodoc/steps/cou">courage</a>, <a href="http://www.achievement.org/autodoc/steps/per">perseverance</a>, and <a href="http://www.achievement.org/autodoc/steps/int">integrity</a> can, and will, lead to success. Includes a <a href="http://www.achievement.org/autodoc/podcasts/artpod-1">library of podcasts</a> that are excerpts from symposium presentations from the Academy's international summits. Biographies from the <a href="http://www.achievement.org/">Academy of Achievement</a> have been linked on MetaFilter previously (<a href="http://www.metafilter.com/76277/A-retrospective">1</a>, <a href="http://www.metafilter.com/68070/Sir-Edmund-Hillary-RIP">2</a>, <a href="http://www.metafilter.com/64436/Goodbye-Cruel-World">3</a>, <a href="http://www.metafilter.com/51888/You-see-when-you-are-dead-on-Everest-dead-is-a-matter-of-condition-in-some-cases">4</a>, <a href="http://www.metafilter.com/34836/the-mile-of-the-century">5</a>), but the full site has not been featured. tag:metafilter.com,2009:site.77894 Thu, 01 Jan 2009 07:59:41 -0800 academy academyofachievement achievement arts biographies business courage education history inspiration integrity passion perseverance podcasts preparation science service sports vision netbros http://www.metafilter.com/39308/Stuck%2DLike%2DChuck <a href="http://blog.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&amp;friendID=312074&amp;blogID=13759251&amp;Mytoken=20050204173107">Stuck Like Chuck</a> - A Philadelphia writer's sad, brief but captivating observations of another's seemingly constant return to self-destruction; in turn, unflinchingly relating his own struggle. tag:metafilter.com,2005:site.39308 Fri, 04 Feb 2005 17:47:06 -0800 addiction hope hopelessness junky perseverance philadelphia AlexReynolds