Jun 5, 2019
Where does persistence come from? How do we cultivate it?And what separates those who have high levels of persistence with those that give up at the first sign of a challenge?
Today, Kelly is shining a light on one of her favorite P-words: persistence. Getting started is hard, but staying in the game - even harder. This is especially true when you inevitably come against your first (and second, and third) setback. But these setbacks don’t have to stop you from moving forward, you just need to pivot. In fact, they can be what fuel your desire to push even harder than you did before and keep you going one day after another.
In this episode, Kelly lays out four components that are key to cultivating persistence. These steps include visualizing your goals, plotting a road map for how you’re going to get from point A to point Z in your life (and any detours along the way), finding motivation in your failures, and surrounding yourself with like-minded individuals who you know will encourage you to keep going even when you’re not feeling it.
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The Finer Details of This Episode:
- Why comfort and acceptance will kill your persistence.
- What Michael Jordan, Thomas Edison and J.K. Rowling can tell us about what it takes to achieve success.
- The hard choice you need to make the moment you notice your persistence is starting to fade.
- Why you should think of persistence as building a kind of muscle in your mind.
- First key: craft of vision of where you want to end up and make sure why you want to end up there.
- Second key: make a plan for how you want to proceed, as well as backup plans for how you’re going to pivot in case of setbacks.
- Keep in mind that even your most embarrassing failures are proof that you tried, and furthermore teach you valuable lessons for how to proceed next time.
- Third key: your failures, missteps and rejections don’t have to stand on their own; use those negative feelings to fuel your drive as you push forward to your goal.
- Fourth key: build a community of friends, family and teachers who will support you, give you constructive criticism when needed, and keep you on track when you start to drift.
Quotes:
“To be persistent, we have to constantly challenge ourselves, seek new experiences and push our perceived limits.”
“Without constant challenge, we start to fade.”
“Persistence moves us beyond the initial honeymoon phase and allows us to embrace the entire journey.”
“In order to keep my head in the game, I have to have a plan.”
“Even if we fail a thousand times on the way, we will be further along than if we just gave up.”
“Failing a hundred times is so much better than regretting you never tried.”
“You’ve got to practice persistence every freaking day. If you can’t build it when things are easy, it will be very difficult to show up when it gets tough.”
Show Links:
The 3 Must-Have Secrets to Achieving Healthy High Performance Masterclass - http://www.kellytravis.net/hfsmasterclass
Kelly’s homepage - http://www.kellytravis.net
Podcast homepage - http://www.kellytravis.net/podcast