I believe in order to achieve the goals you set to yourself you must always, always be persistent. If I start slacking off and giving up it usually never takes me anywhere.. And I mean time will pass by no matter what you do.. So why not keep trying to succeed

I think you're right on chica...but I think you're missing one key ingredient to all of this.

It's the ability to actually adjust when something goes wrong...to find out where your mistakes lie and to fix them...Edison was soo outa luck when he made the light bulb...at least we get live feedback : )...Edison just went...huh...well this one didn't work either....time for 683...

Passion(so the desire won't fade), persistence(understanding not everything works the first time), patience(not pressing), and adaptation(being able to identify a situation and to respond to it in the best way we can) are my key ingredients to success.

Aaryn

Hi my friend,

You are right. Success is for fools who don't know when to stop :p

...or as Confucius put it:

"It does not matter how slowly you go so long as you do not stop."

I know I will reach my goals that I already set up. The only variable is time. The more I work the more I gain, but if I work too hard I might risk losing in the long run because I can't push my self anymore.

So I would like to add "balance" to the "what life is all about"-concept.

Never give up!

It's important to have persistence, but just having it won't alone guarantee success.

You can be persistent working on the wrong things. Or in the wrong way. You have to always re-evaluate where you're going in terms of changed circumstances, your own skill set and knowledge base, and so on.

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It is not that I am so clever, its just that I am more Persistent - Albert Einstien

Persistence is the key to success, but as you say some times it gets difficult, so patience is the key, how to be patient in tough times is what we need to learn.

As the famous saying goes, When the going gets tough, the tough get going.

Best Wishes.

What an inspiration!! Thanks, guys!!

I feel persistance to all success is very important and to learn from our mistakes and not look at as failures.

The real key is to get the right knowledge, take immediate action, and like stated stay persistant and let the others quit while you succeed.

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I agree with Bellthorpe's answer. Persistence is important, but you need the right mentors or be moving in the right direction! If you are following internet marketers who are really helping you and they themselves know what they are doing, you can keep learning and moving in a good direction! When you start making solid progress, and also start seeing some money coming in from your efforts, then you see the light at the end of the tunnel... and you persist more!

Not too long ago I made a blog post about Brian Tracy quotes and he has some great quotes on persistence, like:

Obstacles are what you see when you take your eyes off your goals.

And if you know anything about Brian Tracy or his early travels through the desert in Africa then you know he is the definition of persistence. Truly an incredible story and person. My post about Brian Tracy is at Brian Tracy Quotes Page – Inspiration and Motivation if you want some great quotes.

I like hearing stories of persistence because it illustrates the illusion many of us have that success is 'supposed' to be easy. I respect people like Edison like you mentioned above. Also, Tony Robbins tells the story of Colonel Sanders who faced 1,009 No's before he got his first Yes. Also, my personal hero's, Mark Victor Hansen and Jack Canfield (Chicken Soup for the Soul) received 146 rejections fir the first Chicken Soup book before it was published. Another hero of mine, Sylvester Stallone received rejection after rejection after rejection when he was trying to sell the first Rocky.

Long-winded, yes. But I agree. Your level of persistence determines the level of your success.

We spend many years to gain a graduation degree and It's an act of persistance but how many hours really it may have took to read as well as pass exams?

Similarly, I guess, persistance should be quantifiable. Set number of hours for anything you want to achieve by doing some research and persist till you finish those hours of work.