How to Persevere in your life goals in spite of challenges

Starting your life in a rough situation whereby you lose everything, are discouraged, and are completely at a disadvantage, how do you see yourself? What goals have you persevered towards in your life? Do you aspire to be great in life?
You need to push yourself to be successful in life. You need to be ready to run the race by setting the goals you want to achieve.

Persistence in doing something despite difficulty or delay in achieving set goals.

Perseverance is not giving up but being strongly dedicated, it is a good thing and it drives you to be better and helps you overcome your challenges. Marie curie said “Life is not easy for any of us. But what of that?” We must have perseverance and above all, confidence in ourselves. You must believe that you are gifted with something and that this thing must be attained’’. It is a key to a great career.

Career refers to an individual’s chosen profession or a long-term plan based on passions and goals. Building a career is a lifelong process of improving your skills and talents in providing a sense of purpose for you. Many persons have begun their career while young, either in a higher institution or College. A career doesn’t need you to require a degree; about 50% of jobs between 2020 and 2030 will be occupations that don’t typically need an associate’s or a bachelor’s degree. As a person ages, their career goals and path may change due to family obligations, personal interests, or financial needs.

What stops You from Persevering in your career or dream?

Definitely, we will have things that will drastically make us feel like we can achieve our goals but if we don’t conquer them we won’t make it. What are those factors that hinder your ability to persevere?
1. Overconfidence
2. Fear
3. Procrastination
4. Lack of focus
5. Mood swings

1. Overconfidence
Excessive confidence makes you overestimate your ability or power. An individual decides not to read his/her books because he is brilliant and what he sees during the test shocks him or so much that he wasn’t able to write anything in the exam.

2. Fear
Fear is an unpleasant feeling of being frightened or worried about something/someone that has not happened. This is not the kind of fear that keeps us from walking down the road at night but the one that can keep you from growing. As a result of irrational fear, we feel we can’t do anything to improve ourselves.

3. Procrastination
The act of postponing or being slow about something that needs to be done. ‘That tiny voice in your head asks you, ‘’why do you bother? Why do you want to be who you are not? You can’t achieve your goals but until you meet people who have passed through that stage then you feel ready. You always have doubt about yourself, you follow your dreams today, and tomorrow you drop it until you just stop.

4. Lack of focus
Focus is the quality of having clear or fixed definitions. As an individual, you need to be focused because if you are not focused for a minute, you can’t be focused for an hour or even a day. When you are not focused you can’t persevere.

5. Mood swings
A mood swing is a sudden change in an emotional state. Moodiness will always distract you from persevering e.g. Anger, depression, Emotions, etc
As an individual, you need to control your level of perseverance. You just have to get all hands on deck and put things right.

How to persevere in your career

However, you have felt that in the past you haven’t made it or it’s taking a longer time than you expected, but you need to put in mind your perseverance is evidence that yes the road is tough and you still need that courage of developing yourself. The beautiful thing is that you might have failed so many times in the past, but the past is gone and the future is still ahead of you.

‘Life is not a bed of roses so you must keep pushing……

The following will guide us on how we persevere in our careers:
1. Determination
2. Commitment
3. Progression

1. Determination
By taking a step and making sure they are your dreams, Be Consistent and Disciplined.

2. Commitment
Be ready to fight it, zero your mind and stay focused.

3. Progression
Always try something new and take your time to fix them gradually until the necessary arrangements are being gotten.

Recommended Books on Perseverance
I personally recommend the following Books which I believe will help build up and re-ignite the fire you need to persevere in your career.
1. Feel the fear and do it anyway – Helen Keller
2. Grit – Angela Duckworth
3. Be Obsessed or Be Average – Grant Cardone
4. Relentless – Tim S. Grover
5. Beyond Possible – Nims Purja

Conclusion
Perseverance plays a vital role in achieving our goals and it helps build us daily. If you want a better career you need to remind yourself of how to get a better result and also persevere to avoid those things that wouldn’t make you achieve your dreams.