“Single mindedness, determination, dedication, self-belief and the inability to ever give in are what distinguish people who do great things with their lives from those whose dreams die with them. When you have great perseverance you take into account what others say but you don't let it rule you. You remain true to your vision”.
- Thomas Henry Huxley
That’s the difference between achievers and non-achievers! Achievers’ persistence is their ability to maintain action regardless of their feelings. They press on even when they feel like quitting. When they work on any big goal, their motivation will wax and wane like waves hitting the shore. Sometimes they will feel motivated; sometimes they won’t. But it’s not their motivation that will produce results — it’s their action. Persistence allows them to keep taking action even when they don’t feel motivated to do so, and therefore they keep accumulating results.
Persistence will ultimately provide its own motivation. Achievers just know that by simply keep taking action, they will eventually get results, and results can be very motivating. For example, they may become a lot more enthusiastic about dieting and exercising once they have lost those first 10 pounds and feel their clothes fitting more loosely.
Will power is the ability to control unnecessary and harmful impulses. It is the ability to overcome laziness and procrastination. It is the ability to arrive to a decision and follow it with perseverance until its successful accomplishment. It is the inner power that achievers overcome the desire to indulge in unnecessary and useless habits, and the inner strength that overcomes inner emotional and mental resistance for taking action. It is one of the corner-stones of their success, both spiritually and materialistically.
Self-discipline is the companion of will power. It endows the stamina to persevere in whatever the achievers do. It bestows the ability to withstand hardships and difficulties, whether physical, emotional or mental. It grants the ability to reject immediate satisfaction for something better.
Achievers or non-achievers are full of inner unconsciousness, or partly conscious, and sometimes rather impulsive. Under-achievers sometimes say or do things they later regret saying or doing. On many occasions they do not think before they talk or act. By developing these two powers, under-achievers become conscious of the inner subconscious impulses, and gain the ability to reject them when they are not for their own good.
Under-achievers tend to do what’s easiest and avoid hard work — and that’s precisely why they should do the opposite. The superficial opportunities of life will be attacked by hordes of under-achievers seeking what’s easy. The much tougher challenges will usually see a lot less competition and a lot more opportunities if under-achievers have more perseverance to overcome their challenges.
Achievers prepare and anticipate behind closed doors. Lay the groundwork for success carefully: Effective preparation and self-discipline are closely allied. They do their homework. Since most under-achievers are rarely well prepared, achievers will often succeed by default. When opportunity presents itself, they burst out of the starting gate, sprint to the finish line, and take home the prize.
Achievers’ self-discipline is an act of their cultivation. Self-discipline requires under-achievers to connect today's actions to tomorrow's results. There's a season for sowing, a season for reaping. Self-discipline helps them know which is which. Do what needs to be done. Quality living requires under-achievers to make difficult choices and sacrifices; it demands that they do the hard work first. They cannot arrive at true success without making the trip. Self-discipline is a habit. It is not situational, but it is applied situation by situation. However, they can be self-disciplined on occasion, but to get consistently positive results they require consistency.
It is the day-in day-out practice of self-discipline that determines where under-achievers end up. After all, a lifetime is an accumulation of moments, days, weeks, months, and years. What you do during each moment counts and influence the degree to which you judge your life to be a success. If you aspire to achieve your goals, you must be prepared to play every play as though the two-minute warning clock is running. Every move is significant. Every move counts!
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