Day 15: When Motivation Doesn’t Work for People in Their 30’s the Key is Discipline and Perseverance
Motivation, many people think that the key to being successful in life is motivation. That idea is wrong, when the motivation is finished, we need to focus on our discipline and perseverance.
When I see people who feel defeated too soon, it makes me feel uncomfortable. Because I have always heard that if there is life there is an opportunity to solve things. The truth is that perseverance and discipline separate the winners from the losers in business, sports, and life. Self-discipline can be considered a type of selective training, requiring new habits of thought, real action, and authentic purpose to improve oneself and achieve goals.
Qualities associated with self-discipline include willpower, hard work, and persistence. It is no secret to anyone that success really depends on self-discipline and the ability to get yourself to act regardless of your emotional state. In this life, persistence is not going to fall from the sky.
As you work toward any big goal, you will have some small failures. Worse still, there will be people who will tell him that what he is trying to do is impossible. And at some point, you’ll say to yourself, “Maybe all this work isn’t worth it.” But it is. Your eventual success and achievement are worth the cost of staying the course.
Successful people are experts at perseverance. They are the people who keep working toward their goals, even when the average person would just give up. Abraham Lincoln is the perfect example of this. During his lifetime, he was defeated in multiple elections and ran a failed business. However, he kept trying and ended up being the most important president in the history of the United States.
So you need to keep going and never give up.
