One of the keys to being successful in anything you do is persistence. Once you have determined exactly what it is you want to accomplish, you need to take action on a consistent and persistent basis in order to succeed. Think of it like building stamina. If you have never been on a treadmill, the first time you walk into a gym, chances are you will not be able to last 10 minutes on one. However, if you are persistent and go back consistently to the gym, you will find yourself getting stronger and closer to your goal with each and every visit.

One of the things you’ll notice on your journey towards your goal, are roadblocks. That is, you will encounter obstacles that seem to jump out of nowhere in an attempt to hinder your progress. Count on these obstacles. They are a part of life. Your job is to be persistent and work through those obstacles. If you find little or no obstacles along the way, chances are you are not really challenging yourself. And when you do reach your goal, you won’t experience the feeling of ‘sweet success’. Make your goal a challenging one!

If you take the time to study any successful person, you will learn that the vast majority of them have had more ‘failures’ than they have had ‘successes’. This is because successful people are persistent; the more they stumble and fall, the more they get right back up and get going again. On the other hand, people that don’t get back up and try again, never reach success. For example, Colonel Sanders spent two years driving across the United States looking for restaurants to buy his chicken recipe. He was turned down 1,009 times! How successful is Kentucky Fried Chicken today?

Having said this, keep in mind that you must constantly re-evaluate your circumstances and the approach you are using to reach your goal. There is no sense in being persistent at something that you are doing incorrectly! Sometimes you have to modify your approach along the way. Every time you do something, you learn from it and in the process find a better way to do it the next time.

Today is the day to begin your journey, using consistency and persistency, towards tomorrow’s successes!