PRINCIPLE OF PERSISTENCE

How persistence works

Those who give up, lose. Those who persist, win.
If at first you don't succeed, try, try again.
 

How it work

Dog and bone

Like a dog worrying at a bone, a person who shows a single-minded focus can be a fearsome opponent. Just seeing your dogged determination can be enough to make others give up.
Attrition

Argument can be a war of attrition. Both sides have fixed views, but one side is just more determined and will keep on going until they drop (and then get up and start again). If it is a case of 'last man (or woman) standing' then the truly persistent will wear all others down.
Passion
Passion for your subject is important. If the other side realizes that you care so much about your view, they may also realize that you are not going to give in easily. They might also wonder if you have got a point somewhere and so weaken.
Patience

Patience is a virtue that the persistent person learns. They may not expend much energy at one time, conserving their batteries for the long-term. Like a dripping tap, they just quietly keep going.
Variation

 

PERSISTENCE – THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN SUCCESS AND FAILURE

It is incredible how often in the past persistence has proven to be the difference between success and failure. History is full of examples of people who have achieved great success despite repeated failures and seemingly surmountable challenges that they faced.

 

James Dyson.

 

 
If you are not familiar with James Dyson’s vacuum cleaner you will certainly be aware of the success achieved by Walt Disney. Although he had one failing business venture after another in his lifetime, Walt Disney never gave up hope that his dreams would one day be realized. Bankruptcy and rejections from countless banks throughout the years did not stop Walt from persisting with, and finally achieving, his dreams.

 

John Creasey

 

 
John was a prolific English crime writer. He went on to write 550 books. However this was not before he was rejected by publishers 753 times. John obviously knew what he wanted and keep going until he achieved it.

 

Thomas Edison

 

 
Perhaps the most famous and often quoted example of persistence. Depending on the sources you read Edison failed 1,000 or even 10,000 times when trying to invent the light bulb. Even if we take the lower figure we have another amazing example of persistence. When asked about his failures Edison replied that “I have failed 1,000 times. I have successful discovered a 1,000 ways of how not to make a light bulb. If we could all learn from our failures in this way we would transform the level of success we achieve in our lives.

 

You

Ok you may not be famous just yet but you have already demonstrated amazing persistence in your lives already. When you were first learning to walk you will have tried to get up from the floor and undoubtedly you would have failed. In fact you would probably have failed hundreds of times before you finally succeeded in taking those first steps. And as you failed did you think to yourself “this isn’t working I might as well give up. I obviously am not cut out for walking”. Of course not. You persisted and persisted, learning from each failure until you made the necessary adjustments to succeed.

Why not apply this philosophy to all your key goals. You will be amazed at the results

Daniel Kemka

Inspirational Speaker

Daniel.kemka@gmail.com