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The brain is a muscle. You have to train it.

Here’s 8 ways to build the persistence muscle!

1. Fail   – Mental Toughness is caught more than it is taught. How can you really build perseverance if you’ve never failed? 

2. Focus – Each day, you can have one or two major goals or accomplishments to achieve, everything else is a distraction. 

3. Patience – I can’t wait to be patient is my latest book. It’s a virtue. 

4. Develop a Routine – An A.M. routine is powerful. The first hour of the day sets the rudder for the rest. My morning consists of running and writing. These are the ways to build persistence. 

5. Time Off – What do we do when our computer has a glitch? That’s right, reboot. We are the same way, plan to have deliberate breaks and time-off to re-charge. If you don’t take scheduled breaks then you’ll have un-scheduled time off. 

6. Make it a Priority – Mental Toughness doesn’t just happen. It has to be the main priority for that day. If you make it a priority, then it can done, because it’s inside of your control. 

7.  Focus on the process – A focus on winning doesn’t lead to winning, a focus on the process does. Besides, the process is more important than the product. 

8. Perform an autopsy- After setbacks, you’ll have to examine what went wrong, just be sure to bury the body! Going as fast as possible from mountaintop to mountaintop — one win, one goal, one achievement, and then immediately… “What’s next?” or worse “now what?”