A short motivational monologue by John Assaraf about the importance of perseverance and self-confidence. Assaraf defines perseverance as following through until completion, links it to self-confidence built from knowledge and skill, and urges listeners to 'flex' their perseverance muscle to achieve goals and outlast those who give up.
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Hey, this is John Asraf and I want to talk to you about one word. That word is called perseverance. Now, when you think about the word perseverance, I hope you get in your mind the idea of going through or following through until completion, doing whatever it takes to go up, under, around until you achieve the goal or the vision that you have. Now, some people's perseverance muscle, not their bicep muscle, but their perseverance muscle, is very, very small. At the sign of the first challenge or problem, they give up. And the question is, why do some people give up while others take those challenges and do whatever it takes? And in many cases, the reason is self confidence. When you have self confidence that's built on your knowledge, your skill and your certainty level that you can achieve a goal, you'll tend to take more action towards that goal. No matter what. You won't accept no for an answer. You won't allow any of the stumbling blocks or any of the roadblocks that are in front of you to stop you. So what I want you to do is ask yourself this question. What has to happen in order for me, that's you, to gain more perseverance so that you don't just stop down in your tracks when things don't go your way. You don't stop when things aren't right for you. You just keep moving forward towards your goal. And when you develop that perseverance muscle, what you're going to find is everything starts to open up for you, everything starts to align. And what you'll see on the side of the road are people who gave up before you did. And as you see people who give up before you did, it will give you more energy, more focus, and it will give you more confidence and certainty that you can persevere and achieve every one of your goals. Make sure that you flex that perseverance muscle and I guarantee you, you'll live a life that is absolutely magnificent.