Persistence! Chapter IX - Do You Have It? - Without it Failure Is Guaranteed

Napoleon Hill provided a below the belt test on ones persistence. For those who have been reading the book Think and Grow Rich or following this book study, I want to take you back to Chapter 2.

Remember we were tasked to write down what our desire was in terms of the money we needed to earn and when? As well as the effort we were going to give in order to achieve that goal? Lastly, we had to read that aloud twice a day with conviction.

Here is the test of persistence. Have we been following that directive? Napoleon Hill gave us the reason to do that.

It would help to keep us focused on our desire. And thus program our minds to seek out the actions necessary for success.

The corollary was if we didn't do this, either our desire wasn't strong enough, or we didn't believe we could achieve it.

Heavy stuff indeed.

My Failings

I have to confess that I have not been reading what I wrote twice each day. In fact, there are days that have passed before I noticed I wasn't doing that.

Napoleon Hill recognized that this would happen even with the best of intentions. So he directed us after reading Chapter 9 we should return to Chapter 2 and read it again. Confirm that the desire we wrote back then was powerful and big enough. If it wasn't, that could be one of the reasons we stopped going through that process.

Now was the time to make a correction before moving forward. You see Mr. Hill recognized the weakness of human nature.

Redemption

However, there is redemption. It is OK to fail. Redemption comes in recognizing our failures and use our persistence to resume our journey with a higher level of conviction and never give up.

The whole purpose of this activity was to help us focus on our actions we agreed to do in order to achieve our goals. Are we doing that? If we are indeed following our plans, then we are on the right track. Reading our goals and plans every day helps us to stay on track.

Lack of persistence is one of the major causes of failure. This just happens to be the weakness of the vast majority of humanity.

We have over 2 million members in Wealthy Affiliate. Do the vast majority of us lack persistence? What do you think?

Think and Grow Rich is indented to help us overcome this and other weaknesses so that WE CAN SUCCEED!

Money or Poverty Consciousness

There is another gem he gives us. If we do not condition ourselves to be money conscious, poverty consciousness will automatically take its place There is no middle ground.

The following two sentences from the book says it all:

"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."

One of the reasons it helps to create a Master Mind is to help us remain persistence. Failure will occur. Most will give up. It is only those who stay persistent will succeed. We can learn from our failures.

The Biggest Failures

People who we see as being extremely successful are also the worlds biggest failures. The difference is, they never gave up and eventually found what was necessary to win.

Some people think that those who succeed were lucky or happened to get some breaks. What people do not see is the blood sweat and tears that preceded that success. Breaks are made to order.

The good news is we can train ourselves to be persistent. Knowing what we must do to succeed rather than guessing is all important. If we do not know, we will fail.

There is a 16 point test to determine what our weaknesses are that derail us being persistence. I strongly suggest we all take the test to better know our weaknesses, Once we know our weak points, we can correct them.

4 Steps To Develop Persistence

There are 4 simple steps we need to take to develop persistence, and I quite:

1. A definite purpose backed by a burning desire for its fulfillment
2. A definite plan, expressed in continuous action
3. A mind closed tightly against all negative and discouraging influences, including negative suggestions of family, friends and acquaintances.
4. A friendly alliance with one or more persons who will encourage us to follow through with both plan and purpose.

There are many characters he cited who were down-and-out but were persistent enough to overcome adversity and succeed. These kinds of individuals have existed throughout humanity. Even today if we look closely we will find such individuals.

Pick any successful individual in any field of endeavor and you will see such a person.

Napoleon Hill used himself as an example of being persistence for 20 years to write Think and Grow Rich. He also used Mohammed as an example that I found incredible. His story was fascinating. If you haven't't read this chapter yet, you should read it. All of it.

I would like your thoughts on this chapter. Mr. Hill didn't mince words. He told it like it is whether we like it or not.

Do We Know What We Really Want?

We have to ask ourselves the question, do we truly want to succeed in our affiliate marketing business? We should revisit what our money goals are and to what purpose are we going to apply this wealth?

Looking forward to hearing from you.

Cheers

Edwin

P.S. For those who wish to catch up on all previous chapters in this book study, here is the unifying link;

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