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Law #73
Position Yourself To Be Persistent

We find that people’s beliefs about their efficacy affect the sorts of choices they make in very significant ways. In particular, it affects their levels of motivation and perseverance in the face of obstacles. Most success requires persistent effort, so low self-efficacy becomes a self-limiting process. In order to succeed, people need a sense of self-efficacy, strung together with resilience to meet the inevitable obstacles and inequities of life. (Albert Bandura)

Some Definitions

Find - To discover or perceive after consideration. To become aware of, or discover. To ascertain by study or calculation.

People - Persons indefinitely or collectively; persons in general. Persons, whether men, women, or children, considered as numerable individuals forming a group.

Belief(s) - An opinion or conviction. Mental acceptance of and conviction in the truth, actuality, or validity of something. The mental act, condition, or habit of placing trust or confidence in another.

Efficacy - Capacity for producing a desired result or effect; effectiveness.

Affect - To act on; produce an effect or change in. To impress the mind or move the feelings of.

Choices - The power, right, or liberty to choose; option. The act of choosing; selection.

Significant Ways - Important or significant manners, modes or fashions, all of which are of consequence.

Particular - Of or pertaining to a single or specific person, thing, group, class, occasion, etc., rather than to others or all; special rather than general. Distinguished or different from others or from the ordinary; noteworthy; marked; unusual.

Level(s) - An extent, measure, or degree of intensity, achievement, etc..

Motivation - Something that causes a person to act in a certain way, do a certain thing, etc.; incentive. See Law #67 - Position Yourself To Be Motivated.

Perseverance - Steady persistence in a course of action, a purpose, a state, etc., esp. in spite of difficulties, obstacles, or discouragement.

Face - To look toward or in the direction of. To confront courageously, boldly, or impudently.

Obstacle(s) - One that opposes, stands in the way of, or holds up progress.

Success - The favorable or prosperous termination of attempts or endeavors.

Requires - To impose need or occasion for; make necessary or indispensable.

Persist / Persistent - Refusing to give up or let go. Lasting or enduring tenaciously. Constantly repeated; continued. Continuing in spite of opposition, obstacles, discouragement, etc..

Effort - Exertion of physical or mental power. An earnest or strenuous attempt. A difficult exertion of the strength or will.

Self Limiting - Behaviors that one takes on their own behalf that serve to restrict, restrain or confine one’s possibilities.

Process - A systematic series of actions directed to some end. A continuous action, operation, or series of changes taking place in a definite manner.

In Order To - As a means to; with the purpose of.

Need - A requirement, necessary duty, or obligation. Necessity arising from the circumstances of a situation or case.

Sense - A more or less vague perception or impression. The recognition of something as incumbent or fitting. A mental discernment, realization, or recognition; acuteness.

Strung Together - Any series of things arranged or connected in a line or following closely one after another. Things and events that are connected.

Resilience -Ability to recover readily. The power or ability to return to the original form, position, etc., after being bent, compressed, or stretched; elasticity.

Inevitable - Unable to be avoided, evaded, or escaped; certain; necessary. Sure to occur, happen, or come; unalterable.

Inequities - An unfair circumstance or proceeding. Unfairness; favoritism or bias

Life - The general or universal condition of human existence.

Source: Dictionary.com

What Does This Quote Suggest?

The quote is actually a lot less complex than it looks initially.

The quote is saying that what we believe about ourselves; what we believe about how talented we are; what we believe about how effective we can be, affects everything in our lives.

The more we believe we can accomplish, the more like we are to be motivated to work toward achieving those accomplishments.  Also, the more a person believes they can accomplish, the more likely they are to PERSIST in the face of obstacles and to continue working, no matter what, in order to make things happen.

And that’s what this post is about.

Persistence !!!

What Is Persistence?

Persistence is what is sometimes referred to as “stick-to-it-iveness”.  Persistent people stick to their guns and continue to put forth effort, no matter how long it takes, until they achieve their goals.

So How Does One Become Persistent?

One becomes persistent by believing in themselves; believing in their abilities; believing in their talents; believing in their ideas.

If you do NOT believe in yourself, you will give up.  IF you believe in yourself, you will stick to it and do whatever it takes, for however long it takes until you succeed.

And that is what is behind the following quote:

Persistent people begin their success where others end in failure. (Edward Eggleston)

The Results You WILL Achieve

If you believe in yourself.  If you are persistent, you will accomplish more than most others have ever dreamed of.  And that is because when others reach the point of giving up, you’re just beginning.  That’s what will make you different from others.  That is what WILL make you successful.