When do you give up? Never.

When should you give in to failure? How many failed attempts to succeed should you endure?

A South Korean woman has taken the saying “if at first you don’t succeed — try, try again” to a new level.

The 68-year-old finally passed the written exam for a driver’s license on her 950th attempt. Almost every day since April 2005 Cha Sa-soon has attempted to get her licence.

She has spent more than 5 million won ($4667US) in fees but had failed to score the minimum 60 out of a possible 100 points needed.

Sa-soon has passed the written test but now needs to pass a driving test before getting behind the wheel.

She told The Korea Times newspaper she needed the license for her vegetable-selling business.

Source: The Sydney Morning Herald

Now, if ever there is an example of determination and a will to succeed, this is it. Cha Sa-soon did not give in to failure, but, tried again and agian until she accomplished her goal. Now some of you might think that this is just plane silly. Many if us try to reach a goal, but, when we fail we quit. Would you ever really think of trying to succeed after failing not once or twice, but, 949 times?

I have come to realize that failure is a part of life and you can’t be successful in everything you do, but, if you quit after one try you will never succeed. Failure should be used as a tool to life’s success. Learn from your failures and gain more knowledge so that you don’t make the same mistakes. You can do the same thing over and over and each time fail, but, learn and change something. The quickest road to repeated failure is to do the exact same thing over and over again and expect different results. Your not learning from your failure and you aren’t changing how you do things so you become frustrated and quit.

When do you give up? Never. You need to change what you are doing and how you do it and you will reach your goals. Look at what other people who are successful are doing and do that. Way to go Cha Sa-soon!