Determinación: Cómo seguir adelante cuando quieres darte por vencido

by Martin Meadows

¿Tentado a darte por vencido? Aquí encontrarás cómo seguir adelante

Cuando echas un vistazo a las entrevistas con algunas de las personas más exitosas del mundo, encontrarás un consejo común compartido por prácticamente todas ellas:

Nunca se dan por vencidos en sus grandes objetivos.

Diversos estudios demuestran que la determinación puede llegar a predecir el éxito mejor que cualquier otro factor. La capacidad de seguir adelante, a pesar de los contratiempos, es más importante que tu coeficiente intelectual, tu carácter u otros factores externos como tu educación o tu entorno.

Pero, ¿qué significa realmente “nunca darse por vencido”? ¿Qué es determinación exactamente? ¿Cómo puedes perseverar cuando te enfrentas a dificultades más grandes que la vida misma? ¿Cómo sigues adelante cuando estás al borde del agotamiento y todo tu arduo trabajo aún no ha sido recompensado?

Escribí este libro para explorar el tema de la persistencia desde un punto de vista más científico que los típicos clichés de autoayuda. Quiero compartir contigo exactamente cómo apegarte a tus metas de acuerdo a la ciencia y a las personas de éxito, y no a consejos motivacionales vagos que aseguran que poseemos una fuerza ilimitada una vez que estamos lo suficientemente motivados.

Éstas son sólo algunas de las cosas que podrás aprender en este libro:

- Un consejo crucial que puedes aprender de las primeras personas que llegaron al Polo Sur. Si tomas la decisión equivocada, te agotarás. Garantizado.

- Lo que el famoso comediante estadounidense Jerry Seinfeld hizo en los primeros días de su carrera para seguir adelante. Un sencillo truco que proporciona grandes resultados.

- Lo que un estudio realizado entre los mejores músicos, atletas, actores y jugadores de ajedrez te puede enseñar acerca de la perseverancia y lograr resultados. Las personas con un desempeño de élite practican muchas menos horas de lo que creemos.

- Cinco de las formas más comunes en que te autosaboteas. Por lo general, ni siquiera eres consciente de cuántos de tus esfuerzos son en vano, simplemente por una de las cinco cosas que abordo en este libro.

- De acuerdo con diversos estudios, éste rasgo está fuertemente asociado con la determinación y la perseverancia. Descubre de qué se trata y cómo desarrollarlo en cinco formas diferentes.

- Cinco preguntas de enfoque para seguir adelante. Hacerte estas preguntas te ayudará a aumentar tu motivación cuando estás a punto de darte por vencido.

- Cómo el escuchar las quejas constantes de los demás provoca que una parte de tu cerebro se encoja y afecta tu capacidad de perseverancia al enfrentar contratiempos.

- Seis autores de bestsellers y bloggers comparten sus mejores técnicas para aprender a seguir adelante cuando quieres darte por vencido: Stephen Guise (autor de “Mini Hábitos: Cómo lograr grandes resultados con el mínimo esfuerzo”), Joel Runyon (blogger en ImpossibleHQ.

Genres: Nonfiction, Self Help, Personal Development, Psychology, Business, Productivity, Audiobook

132 pages, Kindle Edition

First published March 24, 2015

About the author

Martin Meadows is the pen name of an author who has dedicated his life to personal growth. He constantly reinvents himself by making drastic changes in his life. Over the years, he has: regularly fasted for over 40 hours, taught himself two foreign languages, lost over 30 pounds in 12 weeks, ran several businesses in various industries, took ice-cold showers and baths, lived on a small tropical island in a foreign country for several months, and wrote 400-page long novel's worth of short stories in one month.

Yet, self-torture is not his passion. Martin likes to test his boundaries to discover how far his comfort zone goes. His findings (based both on his personal experience and scientific studies) help him improve his life. If you're interested in pushing your limits and learning how to become the best version of yourself, you'll love Martin's works.

Reviews

[Emma Sea · Rating 3 out of 5]

A solid "I liked it." Short and to the point, no filler, and helpful bullet-point summaries at the end of each chapter.

[Shelley Carr · Rating 3 out of 5]

Need a pep talk to get you motivated to finish the goals you have set for yourself? I'm not 100% sure you will find that in this book. This book is a quick and very easy read. It will give you some basic tips and pointers to help you power through whatever it is that is stopping you from accomplishing your goals. Be prepared for basics, there isn't anything earth shattering (it is just over 100 pages so you can't expect much depth), but overall readers can walk away with a few tips that will help build a better understanding of what it takes to accomplish goals and what separates those who are successful from those who falter.

He brings up some good points (that will most likely serve as reminders to most readers) for example, the importance of establishing and maintaining routines in our lives in order to be as productive as possible. He also addresses the importance of resilience, being relentless, and common mistakes to avoid when trying to reach your goals.

I haven't read a lot of self help books on achieving goals- but I would guess that there are others out there that contain more action plan type steps that would be more helpful. This one was more of a nice reminder than a book that had a lot of helpful advice.

[Frank Becker · Rating 4 out of 5]

Concise collection of useful tips and techniques to be or become more persistent.
Chapters have a little summary (=very useful). The book is not as repetitive as some comparable books; which also makes it a quick read.
The author brags that he is a fast writer - and I feel that shows partially; not too bad, but another pass might mave made it a little more smoth. The way it is, it could also have been a longer blogpost...

[Kristen Lamb · Rating 3 out of 5]

I really enjoyed it and it was a great collection of some of the best resources. A good quick listen (got it on Audible) but the book would have been FAR stronger if he'd made it longer and developed his ideas. Instead it was more like a self-help term paper, though granted a VERY GOOD one.

I only paid like $5 for it and it's 90 minutes well spent.

[Seawood · Rating 3 out of 5]

Meh, might be more useful if you're looking for something business-related and suited to long-term strategies. I was looking for something that dealt with "in the moment" grit - keeping going on a long run, for example. Some interesting ideas, though.

[kostas · Rating 4 out of 5]

Great self help book that covers the subject efficiently. Also contains actually applicable methods and ways to keep going when you feel that you want to quit (unlike other theoretical books). Would recommend.

[Omar Delawar · Rating 4 out of 5]

Short book. Easy read.

[Sheila Jungco · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book is good for people who cannot stand reading for more than 5 minutes. The book was designed for you to finish the chapter in small portions and get the core of the message right away. No long stories and examples. The format of many chapters are in bullet form. It is easy to memorize. I cannot compare this with other books since this one has a specific audience. No intensive reading required.

[Rick Yvanovich · Rating 3 out of 5]

Grit and resilience is such a key skill that we need to survive these days that compels me to read more and more about it to find out better and better ways of improving it.

In this version of Grit, Meadows not Duckworth, provides some down to earth and practical tips on how to get it by how to get there and learn it.

So get going, read this and you'll learn how to keep going.

[Manoj · Rating 5 out of 5]

A short guide to overcome your aalas(laziness) and adopt that hobby you always wanted to to. I found this perfect because it starts with one topic. Once you're finished, you have few questions. The next chapter answers those questions for you. I find this really motivating which helped me develop teo of my current hobbies.

[David Adjei · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book provides practical tips on how to develop and maintain grit in one life's endeavors. it teaches us never to give up in this life. Ways to stay motivated in your low moments are also explained. plus some examples of people who came close to giving up but didn't. You might want to learn a few things from them too.

[Devbir Singh Virk · Rating 3 out of 5]

A good collection of pointers and practical directions to stay focused when one is trying to pursue a goal. Sliiightly platitude-y but i think it would never not be useful to have concise collection of good advice handy, all while being humble enough to actually seek some evergreen advice and refer back to it.

[Jose Castellon · Rating 4 out of 5]

Valuable advice, though a bit superficial

Some advice was pretty valuable but left me wanting more details or examples of how to execute them. Overall many parts worth highlighting to recap or review later.

[Khalid Hassan · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book is a must-read one. It goes right to the nitty-gritty of personal development, self-discipline, and mental toughness among others. It is very straightforward and realistic. I will definitely be reading this book over and over again.

[Maui Rochell · Rating 5 out of 5]

After reading the 365 Disciplines, I got to read this as well and I love how straightforward and helpful Martin is. This book about grit is something that I look forward to incorporate in my daily life. It's not easy especially this time but I do not want to give up without a fight.

[Gowdy Cannon · Rating 3 out of 5]

Audiobook.

[Rajiv Bais · Rating 4 out of 5]

Martin really knows what he’s talking about.

I’m unsure why he’s not more famous.

[Nick · Rating 3 out of 5]

Overall good book with some good insight, I just wish there was more content and science involved.

[Lisa · Rating 4 out of 5]

Short sweet and to the point, Lots of great tips presented in a concise manner.

[Jule · Rating 2 out of 5]

Nothing new, very short book

[Suresh Vijendran · Rating 5 out of 5]

Positive book, with relevant examples. Easy to understand.

[Melanie · Rating 5 out of 5]

His books are pretty much spot on. I like the quick motivation and reminders

[Vesperia · Rating 3 out of 5]

I liked it well enough. It has lists of things to do and tips and tricks on how to, well, not give up.

[Alvaro · Rating 3 out of 5]

Every chapter has a very powerful summary.
This book is an good summary of different authors on the subject.

[Andrew · Rating 4 out of 5]

Gets straight to the point with several tactics and tricks.

[Shenard Robinson · Rating 5 out of 5]

Keep going!

[Dan · Rating 4 out of 5]

Read this audio book and had some interesting tips. Not the best book but worth browsing....

[Sa`ad Ahyat Hasan · Rating 4 out of 5]

Short book. Most of the content is very straightforward. I love this type of book. Especially now, when we easily distracted by anything. So we can finish it in one go.

[Satish Nerake · Rating 5 out of 5]

Where I will get this book

[Mikie Jones · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book is full of wisdom in which I can use for work. Very good.