Self Help Book Reviews

Think And Grow Rich
Step Eight Persistence

He goes on to explain that desire or passion, plus the power of persistence, almost always end up producing wealth.

A long attention span, combined with determination, is an attribute shared by all successful people.

These days most people don't have the attention span of a gnat.

They channel surf, their opinions change from day to day, they cannot read anything longer than a USA Today article, moving from fad to fad.

Thomas Edison commented that 90% of people quit 90% of the way to accomplishing their goals.

These days it is 99% who quit a mere 20% of the way. Those who persist win, those who do not, lose.

That is as true today as it was 60 years ago when Hill wrote Think and Grow Rich.

It seems that the only thing that most people have the capacity to persist with is their bad habits of thinking and believing.

Despite the overwhelming evidence that the way they think and what they believe is not producing the results they desire, they persist in hanging on to what does not work.

Self Help Book Review shows us that you should define your ideals, plan their enactment and persist in your plan and you will produce results.

Desire and faith are the fuel that produces persistence.

Persistence turns stumbling blocks into stepping-stones on your pathway to success.

The many perceive a molehill as an insurmountable mountain blocking their path; the few choose to see a mountain in their path as an opportunity to gain a vaster perspective of their pathway forward. It is simply a matter of attitude.

Purpose plus passion plus persistence equals prosperity.

Calvin Coolidge said it clearly,

"Nothing in the world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not, un-rewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not, the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent."

This is as succinct as I can say it,

In our self help book reviews we see that Hill states that, persistence is a state of mind, therefore it can be cultivated. Like all states of mind, persistence is based upon definite causes.

To cultivate your persistence read the following notes.

Definiteness of Purpose. Knowing what one wants is the first and, perhaps, the most important step toward the development of persistence. A strong motive forces one to surmount many difficulties.

Desire. It is comparatively easy to acquire and to maintain persistence in pursuing the object of intense desire.

Self-Reliance. Belief in one's ability to carry out a plan encourages one to follow the plan through with persistence. (Self-reliance can be developed through the principle described in the chapter on auto-suggestion).

Definiteness of Plans. Organized plans, even though they may be weak and entirely impractical, encourage persistence.

Accurate Knowledge. Knowing that one's plans are sound, based upon experience or observation, encourages persistence; "guessing" instead of "knowing" destroys persistence.

Co-operation. Sympathy, understanding, and harmonious cooperation with others tend to develop persistence.

Will Power. The habit of concentrating one's thoughts upon the building of plans for the attainment of a definite purpose, leads to persistence.

The mind absorbs and becomes a part of the daily experiences upon which it feeds.

Fear, the worst of all enemies, can be effectively cured by forced repetition of acts of courage.

Everyone who has seen active service in war knows this.

Before leaving this self help book review on th subject of persistence, take inventory of yourself, and determine in what particular, if any, you are lacking in this essential quality.