Commitment & Perseverance

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.

Dedication quote by Harv Eker - Either you are a person who will be stopped, or you are a person who won’t be stopped. You choose. If you want to create wealth or any other kind of success, you have to be a warrior. You have to be willing to do whatever it takes. You have to ‘train’ yourself to not be stopped by anything.

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

Dedication quote by Joe De Sena - You can either go to bed satisfied with your efforts today or stressed with what you left for tomorrow. You can either work hard to take on the hill or never know what it is that people see at the top.
Abraham Lincoln's Life

“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.

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.

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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.

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Test Marketing

Often there can be significant differences between our perceptions of what our customers want, and what our customers truly want. Gut and Instinct are often poor predictors of actual consumer demand, as are the encouraging words of our close friends and family. Before you invest significant time, energy and money into developing a product, it is essential that you actually test if people will buy what you are creating.

Failure & Uncertainty

Anyone who has ever achieved success, has achieved it because they kept trying until they succeeded. Any large goal will have obstacles and failures along the way. It is critical that you don’t let these come in your way, and you keep trying until you succeed.

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Dominate – Don’t Compete

People who truly succeed big, never try to compete – they choose instead to dominate their particular niche and become known as  the ‘go-to’ person or company for those specific requirements. Domination allows you to never have to compete on price, not get involved in feature wars and bring along free marketing.