Achievement in Life Needs Patience and Perseverance in the Highest Order
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Your big goals in life are there to be realized. When you make the decision that you want to start trying to achieve those goals, though, you need to make sure that you have the patience and perseverance that is needed before they can be accomplished. It can be a bumpy road ahead and you need to make sure that you can withstand all the struggles ahead if you are serious about those life targets.
All of us want to achieve something big in our life, right?
Maybe there are different dreams that we want in each of our life. Some of us want to be rich, make a huge social impact to those around us, or probably have the desire to be the best person in something. Success can be measured differently from person to person.
But one thing is for sure for all of us in the end. If we are serious in having the desire to realize it, then we will need to work hard until we get there. And believe me, it will take a lot of effort to achieve something big and it is not something that is usually can be accomplished in a short time.
You need patience and perseverance to do that. A strong enough resolve so you don’t get too discouraged by the amount of hard work needed when you work on something that you want.
The Difficulty of Having Patience and Perseverance
Well, of course, we want to realize our targets as soon as possible, right?After all, why waste our time to do the effort and wait if we can just go there and win the whole thing in life?
That is something that we all want. But the truth is nobody knows how long it will take for us to realize our dream.
It can take weeks, months, and even some years.
Now, can you put on the effort consistently in the time until you reach your success?
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To make it worse, you don’t know how long it is going to take until the success is achieved.
I mean, if there is an exact number for it, then it will be simpler and much easier for us to put in the effort.
To illustrate, let’s say that we know if we want to become the richest man in the world, then it will take this amount of effort every day in 10 years. If you do that, then your success will be guaranteed.
What will any person do if he/she knows that? I bet that many will take on the challenge because of the certainty for the result.
But, unfortunately, no one knows it for certain. Hence, that is why we need much patience and perseverance if we are serious to achieve success. We don’t know how long it is going to take and what kind of things will we face during our effort. We just need to believe in ourselves and have the faith that it will all count in the end.
How to Have the Patience and Perseverance Needed?
Now that we know how important patience and perseverance are, how can we make sure that we have them until we reach success?Well, first of all, you can have a good plan for success to guide you during your consistent effort. In the previous article, we have mentioned about what we think should be thought to have a good plan for success. The essence of it is that you need to have a strong goal, condition assessment, and the thinking about what are the activities needed to realize your goal from where you currently are.
The most important thing, though, is having the strong goal and belief that you can do it. Only you can achieve success for yourself and whether it can be accomplished in your life or not is really up to you and you only.
Try to maintain the positive mindset when you work hard every day to overcome the things that you have to in order to bring you closer to your goal. Believe that it is going to be worth it in the end and each time you put in the effort, it will bring the success nearer to you.
Have the belief on the goal, plan, effort, and your capability are necessary things to maintain the strong patience and perseverance. Try to maintain it and the success should come to you ultimately.
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