Persistence Paves Persistence Paves The Road To Success*

When Paulo Coehloโ€™s novel โ€œThe Alchemistโ€ was first published in 1988, it went unnoticed. He sold only one copy the first week. Unperturbed, Coelho confidently waited for more sales to come in, but he waited a long time. Six months later a second copy was sold โ€“ to the same person who purchased the first …