COURAGE AND PERSISTENCE AS A TOOL TO GET TO THE TOP.
There is an unending and inseparable relationship between being human and having the ability to feel fear.
As humans, fear is something we feel quite a number of times and it is absolutely normal; it is normal to be afraid of height, afraid of insects and other animals, afraid of the dark, afraid of tight places, afraid to lose something or someone you cherish, afraid to go out of your comfort zone. This is the reason some many phobias exist, but most importantly, it is normal to be afraid of failure.
But in order to overcome our ineptitudes, we need to overcome our fears, first and foremost. Fear serves as a barricade that stands between us and what is in the next level. Overcoming our fears is what courage is about.
However, Courage in its honest form, is not the total absence of fear, but the ability to live through it; to face situations no matter how difficult they might seem.
Courage gives us that extra charge to take that first no matter how difficult it might be; that step to the ladder of success. It takes courage to overcome fear of failure and also go the extra to attain the goals we are in pursuit of.
It takes courage to take up that job, start up that business and absorb the risks involved.
Persistence on the other hand is that extra edge you need to keep pushing. Persistence comes with endurance and determination.
Courage makes you take that first but you will need persistence to keep you there, otherwise you will give up at the sight of hindrance.
Persistence makes you not give up in the face of adversity.
When the journey seems impossible, the human mind in it’s natural form tend to incite fear and make you want to quit. Persistence is that extra adrenaline you need to keep it moving.
A passage in the Christian bible highlighted the importance and reward for persistence; James chapter 1 verse 2 through 4 reads:
“Consider it pure joy, my brothers and sisters, because you know that the testing of your faith produces perseverance. Let perseverance finish its work, so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything"
The bible passage is basically saying that difficult situations beget persistence, be persistent enough because persistence begets success.
For me the way to achieve my goals and get to the top, is by having it in mind that I most in-counter difficulties on my way to the top. So that when it comes, it will not be a big problem that will bring me down.
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