Perseverance is the continued effort to do or achieve something despite difficulties, failure, or opposition. You are sure to come up against obstacles, challenges, doubts and failures as you progress towards your goals. People who succeed persevere with their efforts no matter how hard the challenges, while others give up on their dreams once the going gets too tough.
Commitment
To achieve success in any field of endeavor, absolute commitment to your goal is a non-negotiable. The key difference between those that succeed and those that don’t, is typically driven by the level of commitment that those who succeeded brought to the table.
The rich commit: Are you willing to work sixteen hours a day? Rich people are. Are you willing to work seven days a week and give up most of your weekends? Rich people are. Are you willing to sacrifice seeing your family, your friends, and give up your recreations and hobbies? Rich people are. Are you willing to risk all your time, energy, and start-up capital with no guarantee of returns? Rich people are.
Harv Eker – Money Coach, Author – Secrets of the Millionaire Mind
Perseverance
“Timing, perseverance, and ten years of trying will eventually make you look like an overnight success.” —Biz Stone, Cofounder of Twitter
Cliff Lerner – Tech Entrepreneur / Author – Explosive Growth
What builds grit / perseverance?
Grit grows as we figure out our life philosophy, learn to dust ourselves off after rejection and disappointment, and learn to tell the difference between low-level goals that should be abandoned quickly and higher-level goals that demand more tenacity. The maturation story is that we develop the capacity for long-term passion and perseverance as we get older.
Grit depends on a different kind of hope. It rests on the expectation that our own efforts can improve our future. “I have a feeling tomorrow will be better” is different from “I resolve to make tomorrow better.
Angela Duckworth – Author – Grit
Top 5 Books on Perseverance and Never Giving Up
The ability to persevere regardless of the difficulties or challenges you face, is an essential trait of any successful person. This list of Top 5 Books on Perseverance will help you build this ability to never give up.
Grit
Authors: Angela Duckworth,
Whether you’re a parent, a student or an entrepreneur, your “grit” is what will ultimately take you closer to your goal. Through her personal experience and countless interviews with some of the world’s most successful people, Duckworth shows you that it doesn’t take talent or luck to change your life — all it takes is sheer grit.
Be Obsessed or Be Average
Authors: Grant Cardone,
Choose to be average, and you will enjoy middle-class success and live the rest of your life being mediocre. Choose to be obsessed, and watch how every step you take throws opportunities your way. This is what Grant Cardone realized during his transition from a broke drug-addict to a successful millionaire. His secret was that he chose to be obsessed.
The 4 Disciplines of Execution: Achieving Your Wildly Important Goals
Authors: Chris McChesney,Sean Covey, Jim Huling
You invest all your time and energy tending to the urgent needs of today, and you’re left with none for tomorrow’s goals. The 4 disciplines of execution (4DX) can change that. By adopting these practices, you are sure to achieve your wildly important goals, no matter what they are.
Relentless: From Good to Great to Unstoppable
Authors: Tim S. Grover,
To keep going despite the hurdles. To push harder, especially when it gets tough. To fight against all odds. This is what it took to make the likes of Michael Jordan, Kobe Bryant and Dwayne Wade. In Relentless, their trainer, Grover, reveals their secrets, and how you can use them to transform your life.
The Science of Self-Discipline: The Willpower, Mental Toughness, and Self-Control to Resist Temptation and Achieve Your Goals
Authors: Peter Hollins,
The first step to achieving anything in life is self-discipline. The Science of Self-discipline will take you out of the false notion that goals and motivation alone can make your dreams come true. It will train you to focus on your priority, discover discipline tactics, identify your emotions and their triggers and many more life-changing practices.
Top Videos on Commitment & Perseverance
Grit: the power of passion and perseverance – TED Talk
Angela Lee discusses the results of her intensive research into what is the key factor that drives learning success – it’s not IQ, social intelligence or talent, but rather grit. Grit is passion & perseverance for very long-term goals, day-in and day-out for years on end.
Kevin O’Leary Gets Honest About the Personal Sacrifices Successful People Must Make
Kevin O’Leary speaks of the hard truths of entrepreneurship. As compared to fantasised notions of freedom and millions, the reality is that entrepreneurship involves tremendous sacrifices – the ability to keep moving despite failures, constant criticism, the loss of free time and time spent with your family & friends.
Commit to your Goals: Tony Robbins
Snippets from various Tony Robbins talks that speak about the importance of truly committing to your goals.
Other concepts on Dedication, Entrepreneurship
Niche
A niche denotes products, services or interests that have a high appeal to a select smaller group of people, as compared to the general populace. By laser focusing your services and communication to the needs of this smaller group, you can gain much higher relevance than trying to target everybody.
TIM – Time Income Mobility
While the vast majority of people chase money, the ‘new rich’ have learnt the value of finding an optimal balance of TIM (Time, Income & Mobility) instead. There are 2 major advantages of focusing on TIM – (1) Having time and location flexibility, can lead to your money being worth a lot more (2) Time and Location independence can lead to happiness and content, which money simply can’t buy.
Small Steps
We often see success and excellence post-facto, and it appears the sheer magnitude of what has been achieved seems impossible to replicate. What is not appreciated is that it was not any one major accomplishment, but a series of small steps taken consistently and persistently over a period of time that added up to something great.
1000 True Fans
‘1000 true fans’ is a concept that explains why it is not essential to be famous and have a huge following to earn a successful living working on your passion. In fact, all you need are a much smaller set of passionate fans (1000 for example), who become your marketing evangelists and core customers.