My Dad always tells me : If at first you don't succeed, try, try and try again.
My response is normally : And if you still don't get anywhere?
Dad : Try something different. That's not copping out or buckling under or giving up or letting anyone down, that's just being intelligent.

He is perhaps right, but once I get an idea in my head I am reluctant to drop it. Taurean tenacity is legendary and admirable. Every so often though, my determination becomes myAchilles heel. I guess, it is important to be fleet of foot and not let yesterday's big idea become the ball and chain that stops you from reaching a brighter tomorrow. Maybe it is true what folks say : Flexibility is a virtue, not a vice.