Here are some ways to exercise your persistence muscle: Complete every task, finish everything you start, and quit walking away from unfinished projects in your professional and personal life. When you hit the wall, don’t focus on the obstacle. Look for creative ways to take another run at it. Expect others to quit; while persistence begins and ends with you, be prepared for people around you to quit and try to persuade you to do the same. Use yesterday’s successes as fuel for persisting today. But don’t get stuck in them. Instead, stay interested in the next success and the one after that.
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