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Persistence is an essential life skill. It?s the ability to keep pushing forward even when it seems like there?s no point in doing so. You see, perseverance isn?t just about pushing yourself to do your best or working harder than you previously have.


It?s also about having the mental fortitude to keep going even after others try to bring you back down by pointing out your mistakes and flaws. This allows you to move forward again with greater determination than ever before, no matter how many times you get knocked down or discouraged along the way.


However, being persistent doesn?t come naturally for everyone. That?s why it?s important to learn certain strategies that help you be more committed to your goals than anyone else can be. Here are 7 of the most effective ways to become a stronger believer in your own abilities and stay determined despite any setbacks that may appear along the way.


1.Identify Your Burning Desires

2.Turn Your Burning Desires Into Challenging & Inspiring Goals

3.Why Do You Want To Achieve Your Goals?

4.Create A Realistic Plan To Achieve Your Goals

5.Don't Let Procrastination Spoil The Party

6.Draw Inspiration From Others

7.Take A Break When You Need To


Success is strongly linked to persistence. You owe it to yourself to develop your persistence to live the life that you want. There are so many benefits to increasing your persistence levels so take action and be consistent.



1.Identify Your Burning Desires


When you can identify what you really want you can turn these into ?burning desires? which will help you to be more persistent. The reason that this works is that you want to achieve these burning desires so much that it is easier for you to keep going when things go wrong or do not turn out how you expect them to.


Most people do not have burning desires in their life. They do not know what they really want so their persistence levels tend to be low because they are not challenging themselves. Why do most people not have burning desires? Because it takes time and effort to identify what you really want.


The good news is that identifying your burning desires is not that difficult if you use the right approach. Find a quiet place where you will not be distracted or disturbed and take some paper and a pen with you. Think about the different aspects of your life that you want to improve. These could include:



This is not an exhaustive list by any means. When you have decided on the areas of your life that you want to improve, write each area down on a separate sheet of paper. For each area, you want to ask yourself a question that will generate ideas. For example, you could ask yourself ?how can I improve my financial situation??


Take this exercise seriously as you want your conscious and subconscious minds to come up with ideas for you. Do not judge any of the ideas at this stage and write everything down. If you lose focus for any reason then ask yourself the question again.


You will likely receive more ideas after you have completed this exercise for all of the areas of your life that you want to improve. This is fine as it is your subconscious mind working for you which you want. Be sure to write any new ideas down.


When you have ideas for each area of your life that you want to improve it is time for you to assess each one to see if they are a burning desire. For each idea, imagine that you have already achieved it and note how this makes you feel. You want to make the feelings as strong as possible here.


Those ideas that invoke the strongest feelings within you are your burning desires. Usually, there will be a small number of ideas that really get your juices flowing. It is OK if there is only one. You are going to turn these into challenging and inspiring goals so you do not want to take on too much at once.


This technique works very well so give it a try. Your subconscious mind is very powerful and will work for you 24 hours a day. By asking yourself the right questions you will come up with many ideas and some of these will be burning desires.



2.Turn Your Burning Desires Into Challenging & Inspiring Goals


The next step to increasing your levels of persistence is to turn your burning desires into challenging and inspiring goals. You must have at least one written goal that will drive you to take action to achieve it every day.


When it comes to setting goals, it?s important to follow a few simple guidelines. This means that, when you?re choosing which ones to pursue, you make sure that they?re Specific, Measurable, Attainable, Relevant, and Time-bound. This is the SMART goal-setting process that will help you to set your goals correctly.


Setting goals that are too general or overly ambitious isn?t particularly helpful. You?re essentially setting yourself up to fail since you have no idea where to begin and therefore have no idea how long it will take to achieve them. That said, you do need to be specific about the type of goals you set.


For example, saying that you want to earn a better income or become a better parent is fine. However, if this is your goal for the rest of your life, you may be setting yourself up for a lot of frustration. Instead, choose something more specific that you can work towards in the immediate future and you have a far better chance of success.


Any goal that you set must have an end date. Open-ended goals are rarely achieved. Adding a completion time to your goals will apply pressure and it will require greater persistence to overcome any challenges and keep going.


You have already identified your burning desires by using the first technique in this special report. Being able to measure any goal that you set is very important. If you don?t do this then you will have no idea how well you are doing.


It is useless to set an unattainable goal. You may have a burning desire to be the world?s best tennis player but if you are in your mid-fifties then you need to accept that this is never going to happen no matter what you do.


Never set a goal for yourself that conflicts with your values or who you are. This will be a struggle for you to achieve as you will be fighting against yourself. Any goal needs to be relevant to your circumstances. The SMART goal-setting process works as it makes you check that you are setting goals properly.


Yes, your goals need to be challenging and inspire you. But if they are unrealistic then they will just test your persistence to the limit. So, be smart and use the SMART process to validate that your goals make sense.



3.Why Do You Want To Achieve Your Goals?


Identifying the reasons why you want to achieve any goal you set is very important as it will help to inspire you and keep your motivation levels high. In turn, this will make you more persistent as you want to achieve your goals no matter what.


We recommend that you write a WHY statement for each of your goals. Your WHY statement identifies the real reasons why you want to achieve a goal. For example, why do you want to lose 40 pounds over the next 6 months? Is it for health reasons? Losing weight to improve your health is a good reason but it is unlikely to inspire you as much as other reasons will.


Do you want to lose weight so that you can fit into some of your old clothes again? Again, this makes sense but is unlikely to set a fire beneath you to keep going. How about losing weight to be more attractive to others? Now we are getting somewhere.


Most people want to lose weight because they don?t like what they see when they look in the mirror. Being fat is not going to be attractive to others so they need to do something about it. If you have set a weight loss goal, imagine how you will look and feel when you have lost the weight. How proud will you be to get out in public and show off the new you?


You need to be honest with yourself when you are setting your goals. If the real reason that you want to earn more money is that you want to be better than your friends then this is fine. Add this to your WHY statement because it is the truth and will inspire you a lot more than stating that you want more money to make your life more comfortable for example.


Your reasons for why you want to achieve your goals are personal to you. You do not have to share these reasons with others. Just make sure that the real reasons appear on your WHY statement. Read your WHY statement every day to drive up your motivation and persistence levels so you will do whatever it takes to achieve your goal.


4.Create A Realistic Plan To Achieve Your Goals


When you set your goals using the SMART process, they are just high-level statements like ?I will earn $100,000 by June 30, 2023?. This is fine as it is specific, measurable, attainable, relevant, and has a completion time.


But this statement does not explain how you are going to achieve the goal. This is where you need a detailed plan. You need to figure out what actions you need to take to earn the money that you desire for example.


One of the most effective ways to develop your first plan to achieve a goal is to use the ?key question technique?. His works in a similar way to when you identify your burning desires. You need to turn your goal into a question so that it forces your conscious and subconscious minds to come up with ideas.


This is easy to do. For the goal ?I will earn $100,000 by June 30, 2023? just turn this around a bit to make it a question like ?how am I going to earn $100,000 by June 30, 2023?? Find a quiet place with no distractions and focus on this question for at least 20 minutes.


Accept that there are going to be new things that you will have to do to accomplish your goal and there will be learning involved. After all, if you already know how you can earn $100,000 in the next 12 months then you would already be doing it, wouldn?t you?


Every gap in your knowledge that you have needs to appear on your plan. Today, you can research anything online and find resources that will provide the best solutions. Anything that you need to learn or find out needs to be part of your plan.


We said that you can use this method to create your first plan because it is inevitable that you will need to change it as you move closer to your goal. Your initial plan is your ?best guess? and will be wrong in some areas. It is not a problem to change your plan to add new things and remove others. So, don?t expect any of your goals plans to be perfect.


Your aim with your plan is to break it down into a daily ?to-do? list so that you can work on your actions each day. Taking daily action to achieve your goal will keep you motivated and help to make you more persistent.

Write down all of the things that you think you need to do to achieve your goal. This includes doing and learning new things. You need to prioritize your list of actions so that you complete your tasks in the right order.


Review your goal plan regularly to see if it is working or not. It is a waste of time to pursue something that is taking you down the wrong path. Make adjustments to your plan whenever this is necessary. Your goal plan is there to help you to achieve your goal. If it is not working then you must change it.


There are plenty of resources online that will help you to create the right goal plan. You can learn virtually anything online now so never concern yourself about having to learn new things. If you need to pay for a premium course to help you to achieve your goal then look at this as an investment in yourself.



5.Don't Let Procrastination Spoil The Party


Nothing is going to test your persistence more than procrastination. If you procrastinate now then don?t beat yourself up about this. We all procrastinate. Even the most persistent people have to deal with procrastination from time to time.


The best way to define procrastination is to ?put something off?. Maybe you have a task on your daily ?to-do? list that you have no idea how to complete. This overwhelms you and to escape the pain you procrastinate and put off working on the task.


This does not necessarily mean that you will never complete the task. But this will likely increase the pressure and can result in elevated stress because this unfinished task is always at the back of your mind.

There are several reasons why people procrastinate. One of the biggest reasons is fear. This is an irrational fear that overwhelms you. If you don?t know how to complete a task then irrational fear can consume you to the point where procrastination is the only way out.


Another common reason for procrastinating is low self-esteem. You have a low opinion of yourself and don?t believe that you are capable of achieving your goal. In some cases, people with low self-esteem do not believe that they are worthy of achieving their goals as well.


Are you a perfectionist? Be honest with yourself here. If you are, then it is more likely that you will procrastinate when you are trying to achieve a goal. When things don?t turn out the way that you want them to you will be tempted to give up no matter how strong your persistence is.



When you are approaching a task on your goal plan ?to do? list, change your thinking from ?I have to do this? to ?I want to do this?. If you think that you have to do something then it is going to feel like a chore. But if you think that you want to complete the task then this puts a different complexion on things and you will be less likely to procrastinate.


Adding passion into the mix will also help. When you passionately say that you want to achieve something then it is very unlikely that the thought of procrastinating will occur. Think about the bigger picture ? imagine how great you will feel when you have achieved your goal.


Believe that time is against you (this is not difficult to do as time is precious for us all). This will help to prevent you from wasting time on social media or doing other unproductive things such as watching TV for hours.

If a task that you need to complete is large then break this down into smaller tasks. A very large task can overwhelm you and can lead to thoughts of procrastination. Think about how you can break the big task down into smaller ones and get started right away.



6.Draw Inspiration From Others


When you feel like you?re running out of steam and that you?re about to give up, one of the best things you can do is take a moment to look around and draw inspiration from others. Whether this is in the form of a quote or an inspiring story, you want to find a way to remind yourself that there are others out there who?ve been through what you?re going through.


In some cases, it can even be inspiring to look at the problems that other people are trying to solve and how they?re trying to do so. The more you remind yourself that there are other people out there who?ve managed to overcome seemingly insurmountable challenges, the more motivated you?re likely to be in doing so yourself.


This is because you?re tapping into the most powerful type of motivation - one that comes from the knowledge that others have experienced what you?re feeling now. If they can do it then so can you. We are all made of the same stuff.???



7.Take A Break When You Need To


When you?re feeling stuck and you need a break from what you?re doing, one of the best things you can do is take a break from it. This doesn?t mean that you need to skip an entire week or even an entire day. Instead, it means that you need to take a small break from what you?re doing.


You could need a break from a particular task, a project, or even a chapter in a book. During this break, you want to go off and do something completely unrelated to your original goal. This could be anything from watching a movie to having a sleepover with your family.


By taking a break from your original goal, you?re able to focus on something completely different and, in many cases, something that?s even more fun. This is the perfect way to recharge your batteries, come up with new ideas, and put your original goal out of your mind completely.


Of course, you want to ensure that taking breaks is not another way of procrastinating. But if you find yourself stuck, then it is better to take a break and do something unrelated than to give up. Learn about mindfulness meditation and practice this when you need to solve a specific problem. Grounding yourself at the moment will clear your mind and help you to focus on the solution.



We have provided you with 7 proven ways to make you more persistent. All of these techniques work and are not difficult to implement. You will need to be patient and consistent with your actions. By following the advice here, you will see your persistence levels rise in a short time.


Remember, persistence isn?t just about pushing yourself to do your best or working harder than you previously have. It?s also about having the mental fortitude to keep going even after others try to bring you back down by pointing out your mistakes and flaws. So, take action and start raising your persistence levels today!