Perseverance the key to success

When you learn you increase your brain capacity, you get brainier. Learning exercises the brain, making it work harder and grow stronger. You do not need to be top of the class, the best at your sport or the most accomplished in your field for the learning process to make you brainier. Mistakes are a good thing and an essential part of learning. You learn more by making a mistake than by doing nothing and hoping the skill will somehow magically become part of your repertoire. When you make a mistake, you gain from it.

Mistakes mean you are trying, trying means you are persevering and perseverance is one of the most important requirements for success. Perseverance is the road that must be travelled to go from failure or a mistake to success. The difference between a failing student and a successful student is not natural ability, home life, personality or socioeconomic background. The difference is the practice (or lack thereof) of perseverance. You do not need to understand how to do it all, you only need to work out what you can do next. Keep trying. Humans, all of us, were born with that ability to keep trying. The fact that you learned to walk clearly demonstrates this. As babies moving into the toddler stage we fell over a lot! And not one of us gave up because “It’s too hard” or “I’m no good at this” or “I’ll never be able to do this”. Yet how many times do we sell ourselves short by sitting on our butts thinking one of those thoughts or similar?

A few minutes on the internet reveals many, many examples of success stories that required perseverance after massive failure. For example, Ford of Ford cars had 26 failed businesses before he achieved success. Think about that and keep learning. Persevere by taking the next step and grow your brain.