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By Anthony D Carter

Persistence is a the main ingredient that determines your success or failure. If you don’t persevere through the struggles then you will most certainly meet with failure.
However if you are able to weather the storm in the face of trials, heart aches and disappointments while pursuing your goals you will eventually meet with success.

Here are some ways to strengthen your persistence.

Revisit your dream. Hold a picture in your mind of what is that you want. If necessary get an actual photo of it until you have it memorized. You want to develop the habit of remembering what it is that you are working for.

No matter what it is that you want you need to imagine yourself in possession of it. This works wonders for increasing your persistence and your motivation.  Use this approach for getting a new car, a college degree, or starting your own successful business.

As I mentioned earlier get pictures of what it is that you want and look at them often. Put yourself in the pictures. Imagine what it is going to be like when you get what it is that you want.

Maintaining a clear vision of the object of your desire gives you the motivation you need to keep going on in spite of discouraging circumstances.

Monitor your results. As you are following your plan it is a good to practice to examine your results regularly to see if you are making progress and moving towards your desired target.

Let’s say you had a goal to save $1,500 in six months to use for a down payment on that new car that you want. You make plans to save $250 per month. Then you start to do work your plan over the next six months.

If after 3 months you check your results only to discover that you only have $300. Then you must face the facts. You are not going to accomplish your goal according to your original plan because you’ve gotten off track. If you had just kept your head down and kept working you were headed for disappointment.

But now because you have examined your results you can still hit your goal 3 months later if you make the necessary adjustments.

Far to often we make our plan then we start working the plan, but we don’t stop along the way to take a look at the results. And later after we miss our goals we get frustrated and give up.

The best way to maintain persistence and stay on coarse comes through the consistent examination of your results. This way you can avoid potential shortfalls that are within your control. You will stay on track and thus stave off discouragement. When you are persistent you will eventually succeed.

Take breaks. Be sure to step away from your work from time to time. It may seem like taking time off is counter-productive, but it is quite the opposite. You will find that are actually stronger upon returning after taking a break or vacation.

I have struggled with this one before in the past, but I have discovered the benefits of taking breaks. After I take breaks I usually come back to my work more aware of opportunities that I had previously overlooked.

As the saying goes, I was too close to the forest to see the trees. When we take time off we gain a fresher perspective on what we are doing.

And your energy level will be higher as a result of taking that time off. Also taking a break will give you the endurance that you need to completely follow through with your plans. Taking regular breaks protect you against burn out.

Use these tips to increase your level of persistence. Your dream or desire demands a price that must be paid by you in advance before you can possess it. But the reward is worth it. Stick with your plan. Persist and you will obtain the prize.

Persistence is a vital ingredient in successful goal achievement. When we come to the point where we feel like stopping that is when we must press in all the more. Here are three additional tips for cultivating increased persistence.

Desire. The stronger your desire the more you will be motivated to do the necessary work. So, in order to stay persistent stoke the flames of your desire. Build that desire. Think about what it is going to be like to get what you are working for.

Determination. Stay determined to get what you want while going through good times and bad. You must bear down and continue working your plan whether you are experiencing your desired results or not. Often the positive effects of your work don’t show themselves until weeks or months have passed.

After phases of doing the work consistently we begin to wonder if we will ever hit our goal. Discouragement creeps in and we get weary. Next there is a tendency to rationalize. We then create a reason for backing off.

It is at these times that we must persist. If we do then we get our second wind. We reinforce appreciation of good work habits. We gain skills from the repetition of successful actions. And eventually we see undeniable results.

Habit. Develop the habit and the habit will take over. When I used to work out four times a week I always felt agitated when something disrupted my schedule. I wanted to keep doing what I had done the previous weeks before. I had developed a habit and I wanted to keep it up. That is a benefit that you gain from developing good consistent work habits. Once you get yourself going long enough it actually becomes hard to stop.

Momentum kicks in and you have positive habits working for you. Then it is easier to do what needs to be done than it is to procrastinate.

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