It seems that a lot of people are using the word “stick-to-it-iveness”. There’s even a page for potential authors that lists “stick-to-it-iveness” as a critical trait.
As this excellent rant points out, people seem to ignore that we already have a word for that: tenacity.
Even sadder: Google reports 995 hits for sticktoitiveness, 2810 for stick-to-it-iveness, and more with various other spellings. Argh.
*sings* STICK-TO-IT-TIVITY! If you’ve got that stuff!
STICK-TO-IT-TIVITY! Never lost a fight!
Or however that Disney song goes…
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Wow, another variant. I had no idea!
I hadn’t realised this was part of the vernacular, I’ve been using it for about 10 years. Can anyone tell me from whence it came?
Yes; it comes from Ken Blanchard’s work on Situational Leadership and, specifically, can be found on his 1989 audio cassette series, from CareerTrack Publications.
sticktoitiveness was used frequently when I was a kid, and that was a long, long time before 1989.
sticktoitiveness was used frequently when I was a kid, and that was a long, long time before 1989.