WEBVTT 00:00:05.450 --> 00:00:08.970 Hey, hey, hey, everybody. How you doing? I said 00:00:08.970 --> 00:00:12.490 I'd be back for another podcast on morals. This 00:00:12.490 --> 00:00:15.250 is Neogentrix on Food for Thought, Thoughts If 00:00:15.250 --> 00:00:18.589 It Were You. So the moral we're going to cover 00:00:18.589 --> 00:00:24.329 today is perseverance. While a lot of people 00:00:24.329 --> 00:00:26.989 don't really consider this to be one, it is a 00:00:26.989 --> 00:00:30.550 moral that I grew up having that my parents basically 00:00:30.550 --> 00:00:33.859 taught me when I was younger. To persevere means 00:00:33.859 --> 00:00:37.100 to have steadfastness in doing something despite 00:00:37.100 --> 00:00:39.579 the difficulty or delay in achieving success, 00:00:40.079 --> 00:00:45.640 no matter how hard it is. Okay? And this also 00:00:45.640 --> 00:00:49.060 goes hand in hand with procrastination. I'm not 00:00:49.060 --> 00:00:51.859 going to cover procrastination today, but I just 00:00:51.859 --> 00:00:56.159 figured I'd go ahead and mention it. Okay? Perseverance, 00:00:56.159 --> 00:00:59.039 perseverance, perseverance. Well, first off, 00:00:59.179 --> 00:01:01.969 what is perseverance? It's the ability to keep 00:01:01.969 --> 00:01:04.969 going, doing something, despite all the obstacles. 00:01:05.769 --> 00:01:08.510 Typically, when people are confronted with something 00:01:08.510 --> 00:01:10.510 that is too difficult or too hard, they quit. 00:01:12.349 --> 00:01:15.069 It's said that people who persevere show steadfastness 00:01:15.069 --> 00:01:17.469 in doing something despite how hard it is or 00:01:17.469 --> 00:01:20.090 how long it might take to reach that goal. Sometimes 00:01:20.090 --> 00:01:24.170 it's called grit, is the greater leveler. But 00:01:24.170 --> 00:01:27.709 you don't have to... Be the wealthiest in the 00:01:27.709 --> 00:01:30.430 world or have the most friends or be the smartest 00:01:30.430 --> 00:01:33.069 kid in class. You persevere, you can reach your 00:01:33.069 --> 00:01:36.069 goals despite anything that happens. You can 00:01:36.069 --> 00:01:38.829 help inspire perseverance by allowing kids to, 00:01:38.829 --> 00:01:41.530 you know, experience failure. You know, in a 00:01:41.530 --> 00:01:43.709 safe, supported environment, of course. You know, 00:01:43.709 --> 00:01:46.310 when kids need to recover from a setback, you 00:01:46.310 --> 00:01:47.989 know, think their way through a challenge or 00:01:47.989 --> 00:01:51.250 try again, they develop this. Even us as adults 00:01:51.250 --> 00:01:53.590 need to take some, you know, I guess you can 00:01:53.590 --> 00:01:56.920 say... We need to take some advice from the very 00:01:56.920 --> 00:02:00.379 children that we have in front of us. As despite 00:02:00.379 --> 00:02:05.040 no matter how hard some things get, kids just 00:02:05.040 --> 00:02:07.980 don't know when to give up. They don't quit until 00:02:07.980 --> 00:02:10.699 they just can't go anymore or they hurt themselves. 00:02:12.180 --> 00:02:19.599 Let me reference something here. People in Forbes, 00:02:19.759 --> 00:02:23.610 okay? They don't end up in the Forbes. uh magazine 00:02:23.610 --> 00:02:27.409 or on their web page just because they just because 00:02:27.409 --> 00:02:29.449 you know just because they're rich or whatnot 00:02:29.449 --> 00:02:32.069 no they have to persevere through some bad times 00:02:32.069 --> 00:02:34.349 to get to where they're at to become what they 00:02:34.349 --> 00:02:37.270 are and who they are now to end up there okay 00:02:37.270 --> 00:02:41.310 thomas jefferson once said we should uh when 00:02:41.310 --> 00:02:43.669 we see ourselves in a situation which must be 00:02:43.669 --> 00:02:46.229 endured and gone through it's best to make up 00:02:46.229 --> 00:02:49.729 our minds to it okay you know meet it with firmness 00:02:49.729 --> 00:02:55.219 firmness yeah I have to remember. And accommodate 00:02:55.219 --> 00:02:58.520 everything to it in the best way practical. This 00:02:58.520 --> 00:03:01.699 lessens the evil while fretting and fuming only 00:03:01.699 --> 00:03:04.500 serves to increase your own torment. Basically 00:03:04.500 --> 00:03:09.199 means keep at it, but at a steady pace in a way 00:03:09.199 --> 00:03:13.780 that is most applicable. In this way, you don't 00:03:13.780 --> 00:03:16.159 infuriate yourself and just jump the gun and 00:03:16.159 --> 00:03:25.259 do something which will in turn hurt you. Without 00:03:25.259 --> 00:03:29.919 perseverance, talent is a barren bed, okay? It's 00:03:29.919 --> 00:03:31.680 just a common proverb that I grew up knowing, 00:03:31.840 --> 00:03:35.500 okay? How do I put it? Failure is only postponed 00:03:35.500 --> 00:03:38.659 success. As long as courage coaches ambition, 00:03:39.120 --> 00:03:42.319 the habit of persistence is the habit of victory, 00:03:42.500 --> 00:03:45.479 okay? Perseverance goes hand in hand with persistence, 00:03:45.860 --> 00:03:48.800 all right? Whatever necessity lays upon the, 00:03:48.919 --> 00:03:53.199 you know, endure whatever it commands, you know? 00:03:54.270 --> 00:03:58.229 Wolfgang von Goethe had mentioned this in one 00:03:58.229 --> 00:04:02.409 of his conferences that I went to a couple years 00:04:02.409 --> 00:04:06.909 ago. And if that's not good enough for you, how 00:04:06.909 --> 00:04:11.189 about something from George Washington? To persevere 00:04:11.189 --> 00:04:14.710 in one's duty and be silent is the best answer 00:04:14.710 --> 00:04:22.629 to Callum. Basically, to persevere... is to keep 00:04:22.629 --> 00:04:26.709 going despite anything that happens. And with 00:04:26.709 --> 00:04:30.149 this, you know, this one applies to not only 00:04:30.149 --> 00:04:34.269 anything that you do as far as your job or your 00:04:34.269 --> 00:04:38.269 lifestyle, this also has a lot to do with the 00:04:38.269 --> 00:04:42.250 things that you do and all the other morals that 00:04:42.250 --> 00:04:45.730 I will be discussing, don't worry, in the future. 00:04:46.490 --> 00:04:48.730 You have to have perseverance to see through 00:04:48.730 --> 00:04:51.670 self, to have self -esteem. You first have to 00:04:51.670 --> 00:04:54.410 persevere through the bad times. You have to 00:04:54.410 --> 00:04:57.970 be able to stay the course no matter what happens. 00:04:58.670 --> 00:05:01.670 A lot of people are unable to do this. Okay. 00:05:03.129 --> 00:05:07.930 It's a very, very tough world out there. And, 00:05:07.930 --> 00:05:16.129 you know, it's not easily, how do I put it? It's 00:05:16.129 --> 00:05:23.149 not easily attainable for anything. Okay. Is 00:05:23.149 --> 00:05:28.889 it a personal trait? Not necessarily. Okay. It's 00:05:28.889 --> 00:05:31.370 argued to be a trait, but you know, it enables 00:05:31.370 --> 00:05:34.509 a person to keep going and accomplish a goal. 00:05:34.730 --> 00:05:39.050 Okay. Which brings up the question, is it a skill? 00:05:40.529 --> 00:05:45.939 No, it's not. However. For those who don't have 00:05:45.939 --> 00:05:48.399 any perseverance whatsoever, it can be acquired 00:05:48.399 --> 00:05:51.240 as such. And this applies to a lot of people. 00:05:51.560 --> 00:05:54.319 Continued effort in anything, despite failure, 00:05:54.519 --> 00:05:59.560 despite anything else, is considered perseverance. 00:06:00.980 --> 00:06:05.120 On that note, having self -esteem can help with 00:06:05.120 --> 00:06:07.519 perseverance. If you believe you can do anything, 00:06:07.819 --> 00:06:12.199 no matter what it is, you'll be able to persevere. 00:06:13.920 --> 00:06:18.220 This is part one to this. I will pick up later 00:06:18.220 --> 00:06:21.720 with the second part to this. In this first piece, 00:06:21.800 --> 00:06:23.540 all I wanted to cover is what is perseverance 00:06:23.540 --> 00:06:27.459 and a couple of quotes on it. In the next piece, 00:06:27.660 --> 00:06:32.240 I'll cover how to actually use this in practical 00:06:32.240 --> 00:06:33.339 use every day.