Persistence is not something you do with external goals, but it is something you do internally. It's the fire you keep trying to start inside yourself until it grows and becomes bigger and bigger. Then everything you touch feels your magic, your presence, your power, your persistence. It is the persistence that comes with preparation. You do this by every day checking the box: "did I improve physically", "did I make my life better emotionally", "did I make my life better mentally", "did I make my life better spiritually". Don't get sucked into past failures. Don't fantasize about future success. Just today: did you check the box. Did you ignite the fire. Accepting that suffering is going to happen, and understanding that accepting that suffering ultimately leads to success, is the key to persistence, is the key to ultimate success.  (Read more... http://bit.ly/2BBHPvP) …see more