I think it's no big secret that I belong to the group of PERSISTENT. Well, that wasn't always the case, of course. For many years, one teaching that I experienced as a failure has discouraged me from my goals and from believing 100% in myself that I can achieve anything and everything DEPENDS ONLY ON ME. Obviously this is related to self-knowledge, because the more we map ourselves in front of ourselves, the fewer things that can make us insecure. I have written about this before, but I have to revisit it in terms of context so that I can better convey to you what I mean exactly.

In elementary and high school, I was the target of my teachers and classmates many times. She laughs at me for not reading and not being able to write correctly. I learned from my teachers that I would definitely not be a news reader and that I would never speak any foreign language. In comparison, I was a radio news reader for years and also took a high-level exam in English (but more importantly, I learned to speak English fluently, and it is now the first language I use in everyday life). And in achieving these things, humility played a huge role. I am sure that subconsciously the desire to prove was also there in me, to show it “just because”. But this consciously never materialized in me and did not motivate me. Only 1-2 years ago, I realized that everything that was not looked like in me was done by me.

But let's go back to perseverance and the thoughts associated with it. It becomes more and more apparent to me, when I talk to a person, that most of the time — in the case of grand plans, world-saving thoughts — the goal is something that is misspelled. In the vast majority of cases, the goal is not their own happiness, but to overcome others: acquaintances, friends, relatives. To be more than others: more successful, richer, more beautiful, etc. And most of the time it is voiced. So it is not a subconscious motivation that helps them to thrive, but a goal to get ahead of others.

But a little again I will give my own example. How I achieved that I created for myself an independent, independent, free life. In short, I didn't care about who thinks, what they advise, who I'm ahead of, who I'm going to be more successful, richer, and how I'm going to get ahead of others. In my profession, I have never dealt with competition, with others, I have not copied anyone. I listened to my inner voice and what motivated me in all of it to achieve the life I wanted. I'll be honest: the motivation at first was financial independence. To make my income depend solely and exclusively on me, and to create a financial reserve that gives me security. When I reached this level, something clicked through my head and heart. And this is perhaps the key phrase: not only did something click through my head, but also in my heart. It was no longer important to have as much money as possible (not because I became a millionaire, that is not the case), but to have the freer life and the more time I have for myself, for my own development, as this will also make my business grow and rise to a higher level. Perhaps this is the point where a lot of people choose the other way. Seeing success, they think: “you need to beat the iron until it is warm” and accumulate as much money as possible. But they don't realize that there will never be “enough” money. And the life they want will never be achieved because it is tied to money. I'm not going to be a hypocrite, I fell into this trap too. What's the end of it? Burnout, I've written about this before, you can read it back if you're curious.

One more example of persistence, in case it will motivate some of you. In November 2023, I decided that after many years of skipping, I would start exercising and eating healthy again. I just had 2 weeks when I had no guests. I knew that now I only have the opportunity to establish a routine, because after that I will only look for excuses why I do not have time to move and eat normally. Then a large group came: every morning there were early departures and in the evening I came home dead tired. At the beginning, I woke up enthusiastically at dawn, went for a walk and then did my 20 minutes of intensive training in the morning. Then as I got tired, I missed a day, then another. Then I gained strength! I've reminded myself that I can do anything if I'm persistent enough. In a month and a half, I lost 12 kilos. I did not starve or torment myself, I just kept what I decided, I WAS PERSISTENT: 1 hour of walking every day, 20-30 minutes of intense training. I ate healthy foods: I ate fruits, vegetables, I reduced my meat consumption, which had a drastically good effect on my mood and energy levels and after 6 in the afternoon I never ate again. You can say that this is not healthy. I feel much better in my skin since then. I am much less fatigued and I am also more efficient at work, and my self-confidence is also positively affected by lifestyle changes.

One word as a hundred:
Why is it worth being persistent and working on these qualities as much as possible?
Because perseverance will always have its results, without exception!