Habit# 29: Persistence
52 Habits to Change My Life
Persistence might be an ingredient to your life that you are missing.
Persistence is the choice to stay on the path you are on to completion. You don’t give in to obstacles or side tracked by shiny objects.
Recently, I did an About Me Assessment on Ray Dalio’s app Principles (It’s free, you should check it out.) One result that jumped out at me was persistence. I was not surprised that it was low. Yet it hit me. That this is something I should work on.
It is easy to become discouraged and distracted from our dreams. Obstacles, challenges and setbacks are all part of achieving any thing.
Persistence gets you through those challenges. It is what it takes to keep fighting some days when what you are doing doesn’t seem to be worth it.
Every little bit of work does add up. It takes time to build great things.
I tend to get distracted easily. I have given up when things got hard. I have gotten frustrated when a project has felt like it’s progressing too slow. My lack of persistence is the problem.
Not seeing or knowing exactly where something is going is hard. It is easier to get things done when you know exactly every single step. But many times we are not going to have every answer to…
