How to Persevere

Tips on Tenacity

Don’t let struggles, setbacks and short-term failures drain your motivation

Perseverance can be a tough mindset to have in this day and time. Life can be difficult and full of obstacles. Sometimes, people might want to take the path of non-resistance. That may be the easiest path, but will it be the best path in the long run?

When pursuing a goal of any kind, there are two basic belief systems that determine how people will respond. They’ll either get discouraged for some reason and give up. Or, they’ll embrace challenges, learn from mistakes, and try again. The latter is perseverance.

Here are some considerations to encourage perseverance:

Vision provides the reason to pursue a specific goal and to formulate a plan. Once the plan is set, the goal and the path can be lined out. Setting small goals and reaching milestones will help to gain positive feelings of accomplishments for the long term vision and goals.

To carry out difficult goals, one must be self-driven. This is a key ingredient in the perseverance recipe. People who are self-driven have the inner strength and passion to complete difficult tasks without giving up. They have the innate ability to dig deep and find motivation without the influence of others. They ignore the naysayers and follow their own heart.

Related posts:

It was crisp and clear autumn Saturday in my home town. I was just starting my senior year in high-school. The foliage was vibrant, the fragrance was earthy, and a thrill infused the air as…

I was looking for a book on Customer Experience (sometimes abbreviated as CX), and that’s how I found How to Wow your Customers. I think customer experience as well as any agile method, are difficult…

If you are like most people staying at home during quarantine hasn’t been the easiest thing socially, emotionally, or mentally. Our homes have become our workplaces, we have been working longer…