Here you will find the real enemies which stand between you and the place where  you want to be. Here you will find not only the symptoms indicating weakness of persistence, but also the deeply seated subconscious causes of this weakness. Study the listcarefully, and face yourself squarely if you really wish to know who you are,and what you are capable of doing.
These are the weaknesses which must be mastered  in order to be successful.

1. The habit of compromising with poverty instead of aiming at riches. General absence of ambition to be, to do, and to own.
2. Searching for all the short-cuts to riches, trying to get without giving a fair equivalent, usually reflected in the habit of gambling, endeavoring to drive “sharp” bargains.

3. Fear or criticism , failure to create plans and to put them into action, because of what other people will think, do, or say. This enemy is most damaging in our life’s, because it generally exists in our subconscious mind, where its presence is not recognized.

4. Weakness of desire, due to neglect in the choice of motives that impel action.

5. Willingness, even eagerness, to quit at the first sign of defeat.

6. Indecision, the habit of  passing the buck on all occasions, instead of facing issues and dealing with them.
7. The habit of relying upon alibis instead of creating definite plans for the solution of problems.
8. Self-satisfaction. There is but little remedy for this affliction, and no hope for those who suffer from it.
9. Indifference, usually reflected in our readiness to compromise on all occasions, rather than meet opposition and fight it.

10. Failure to recognize and to clearly define exactly what do you want.
11. Procrastination, with or without cause. (Usually backed up with excuses).
12. Lack of interest in acquiring specialized knowledge.

13. The habit of neglecting to move on ideas, or to grasp opportunity when it presents itself.
14. Wishing instead of willing.

15. The habit of blaming others for own mistakes, and accepting unfavorable circumstances as being unavoidable.

As we have finished series of articles on “PERSISTENCE”,now you are ready and fully equipped to fight your battles in your life and with persistence to come out of each battle as a winner. And remember  “The Best It Jet To Come”  Have A Great Day!

In this article as I have promised I will present eight factors that will help you to develop persistence. So,like all states of mind, persistence is based upon :
1. DEFINITENESS OF PURPOSE. Knowing what do you want is the first and, perhaps, the most important step toward the development of persistence.It will be a driving force that will help you  to overcome many difficulties.
2. DESIRE. It is comparatively easy to acquire and to maintain persistence in pursuing the object of intense desire.
3. SELF-BELIEF. Is very important as it will gives you the ability to carry out a plan which encourages you to follow the plan through with persistence.
4. DEFINITENESS OF PLANS. Organized plans, even though they may be weak and entirely impractical, encourage persistence.
5. ACCURATE KNOWLEDGE. Knowing that your plans are sound,which based upon experience or observation, encourages persistence,but guessing instead of knowing will destroy persistence.
6. CO-OPERATION. Sympathy, understanding, and harmonious cooperation with others tend to develop persistence.
7. WILL-POWER. It is the habit of concentrating your thoughts upon the building of plans for reaching your goal, leads to persistence.
8. HABIT. Persistence is the direct result of habit. The mind absorbs and becomes a part of the daily experiences upon which it feeds. Fear,is the worst of all enemies,but it can be effectively cured by forced repetition of courage.  Before leaving the subject of persistence, examine  yourself, and define in what particular, if any, you are lacking
in this essential quality.I believe that these eight persistence factors are the most important for achieving anything in our life’s. Measure yourself courageously, point by point, and see how  many of the eight factors of persistence you lack. So now you will be well equipped and have an understanding  what qualities do you need to have in order to develop persistence. And  as I always say,remember -The Best Is Jet To Come!   Have A Great Day!

I would like to continue on the subject of ” The Power of Persistence”.
There are exceptions to this rule; a few people know from experience the soundness of persistence. They are the ones who have not accepted defeat as being anything more than temporary. They are the ones whose desires are so persistently applied that defeat is finally changed into victory. We who stand on the side lines of Life see the overwhelmingly large number who go down in defeat, and never to rise again. We see the few who take the punishment of defeat as an urge to greater effort. These, fortunately, never learn to accept Life’s reverse gear. But what we don’t see, what most of us never suspect of existing, is the silent but irresistible power which comes to the rescue of those who fight on in the face of discouragement. If we speak of this power at all we call it PERSISTENCE, and let it go at that. One thing we all know, if you do not possess persistence, you will not achieve
a great success in any calling. I look up from my work, and see before me, less than a block away, the great mysterious “Broadway,” the “Graveyard of Dead Hopes,” and the “Front Porch of Opportunity.” From all over the world people have come to Broadway, seeking fame, fortune, power, love, or whatever it is that human beings call success. Once in a great while someone steps out from the long procession of seekers, and the world hears that another person has mastered Broadway. But Broadway is not easily nor quickly conquered. She acknowledges talent, recognizes genius,pays off in money, only after one has refused to QUIT.

Then we know he has discovered the secret of how to conquer Broadway. The secret is always inseparably attached to one word,persistence! The secret is told in the struggle of one woman, whose persistence conquered the Great White Way. She came to New York , to convert writing into riches. The conversion did not come quickly, but it came. For four years she has learned about the sidewalks of New York  from first hand experience. She spent her days laboring, and her nights hoping. When hope grew dim, she did not say, “Alright Broadway, you win!” She said, “Very well, Broadway, you may whip some, but not me. I’m going to force you to give up.” One publisher  sent her thirty six rejection slips, before she “broke the ice and got a story across. The average writer, like the “average” in other walks of life, would have given up the job when the first rejection slip came. She pounded the
pavements for four years to the tune of the publisher’s “NO,” because she was determined to win.

Then came the payoff. The spell had been broken, the unseen Guide had tested , and she could take it. From that time on publishers made a beaten path to her door. Money came so
fast she hardly had time to count it. Then the moving picture men discovered her, and money came not in small change, but in floods. The moving picture rights to her latest novel,
brought $100,000.00, said to be the highest price ever paid for a story before publication. Her royalties from the sale of the book probably will run much more. Briefly, you have a description of what persistence is capable of achieving. Wherever men and women accumulate great riches, you may be sure they first had to acquire PERSISTENCE. Broadway will give any beggar a cup of coffee and a sandwich, but it demands persistence of those who go after the big stakes. I hope that you have learned something from this womans story,that will help you to stay persistent and  focused whatever you are going to achieve in life.  In part three ,I will give you 8 factors of persistence that will help you to define which of them you lack. And then the analysis may lead to discoveries that will give you a new grip on yourself.

Can you develop the necessary “money consciousness.” POVERTY is attracted to the one whose mind is favorable to it, as money is attracted to him whose mind has been deliberately
prepared to attract it, and through the same laws. Poverty consciousness will voluntarily seize the mind which is not occupied with the money consciousness. A poverty consciousness develops without conscious application of habits favorable to it. The money consciousness must be created to order, unless one is born with such a consciousness. Catch the full significance of the statements  and you will understand the importance of persistence in the accumulation of a fortune. Without persistence, you will be defeated, even before you start. With persistence you will win.
If you have ever experienced a nightmare, you will realize the value of persistence. You are lying in bed, half awake, with a feeling that you are about to smother. You are unable to turn over, or to move a muscle. You realize that you must begin to regain control over your muscles. Through persistent effort of will-power, you finally manage to move the fingers of one hand. By continuing to move your fingers, you extend your control to the muscles of one arm, until you can lift it. Then you gain control of the other arm in the same manner. You finally gain control over the muscles of one leg, and then extend it to the other leg. Then with one supreme effort of– WILL you regain complete control over your muscular system, and “snap” out of your nightmare. The trick has been turned step by step.
You may find it necessary to “snap” out of your mental inertia,through a similar procedure, moving slowly at first, then increasing your speed, until you gain complete control over your will. Be persistence no matter how slowly you may, at first, have to move. with persistence will come success. Some men who have accumulated great fortunes,developed the habit of persistence,because they were so closely driven by circumstances, that they had to become persistent. There is no substitute for persistence! It cannot be supplanted by any other quality! Remember this, and it will hearten you, in the beginning, when the going may seem difficult and slow.
Those who have cultivated the habit of persistence seem to enjoy insurance against failure. No matter how many times you are defeated, you finally arrive up toward the top of the ladder.
Sometimes it appears that there is a hidden Guide whose duty is to test men through all sorts of discouraging experiences. Those who pick themselves up after defeat and keep on trying, arrive; and the world cries, “Bravo! I knew you could do it!” The hidden Guide lets no one enjoy great achievement without passing the persistence test. Those who can’t take it, simply do not make the grade. Those who can “take it” are bountifully rewarded for their persistence. They receive, as their compensation, whatever goal they are pursuing. I hope that you ‘ll never give up but always stay PERSISTENT.