Define Perseverance

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Career Counseling September 13, 2020

Define Perseverance

Define Perseverance

Recently, I have been searching and writing about the precise meaning of many words that have to do with our endurance and survival. I started to write about the meanings of efficiency, discipline, resilience, productivity, and hope, just to name a few. 
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• ​Efficiency
• Discipline
• Resilience
• Productivity
• Hope​

​I always thought productivity was the key to success. Later, I realized success has a recipe of its own with many ingredients. Aside from the above-mentioned traits, one of the most important characteristics is PERSEVERANCE.
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To define perseverance, it's best to start with the dictionary. Dictionary.com defines perseverance as follows:
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Synonyms for Perseverance

Alongside Dictionary.com, there is always Thesaurus.com and this is how it lists the synonyms for perseverance.
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Perseverance Adjective

Perseverance adjectives are listed as perseverant and  persevering. You would think they mean the same thing, right? Here is what https://wikidiff.com/persevering/perseverant has to say about it.
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Quotes About Perseverance

​In the realm of ideas everything depends on enthusiasm... in the real world all rests on perseverance.
​Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Perseverance is the foundation of all actions.
​Lao Tzu

Intellectual Perseverance

Intellectual Perseverance

​I have read that intellectual perseverance is harnessing one's intelligence and building a Never Quit attitude by leveraging the power of positive thinking in spite of increases in negative thinking. 

The Philosophical Life wrote an article in 2018 on Medium about intellectual perseverance and explained: 
"....Intellectual perseverance is a habit that comes from a love of learning. It’s the tendency to not give up on learning when the learning gets tough. Instead, you embrace intellectual struggle. You persist toward greater understanding. Intellectual perseverance is an intellectual virtue....."

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Perseverance Examples

Here is a little fable about Susan and her job search story. She persevered until she found her ideal  job and so can you. ​

Job Search Success Story

​Susan was looking for a job, so she sent her resume all over town. She scoured the newspapers every day, and by the end of the month, Susan had applied to over one hundred openings.  “Surely,” Susan thought “I will find my dream job soon!”
 
But many days passed and Susan didn't hear back from any of the jobs where she had applied.  She began to worry – was there something wrong with her resume? 
 
Finally, two weeks after she sent in her 107th resume, she got a call for her first interview! Soon after, Susan got another two calls and she ended up with three interviews scheduled. “Finally,” she thought, “I’m one step closer to my dream job!”

​So Susan went to her interviews and she thought she made a wonderful impression, but to Susan’s disappointment, she only heard back about one job, and it was the lowest paid, least fulfilling opportunity of the three.
 
“Should I take it?”, she wondered.  The thought of working every day at a job she hated made her feel hopeless. Susan was afraid she might not find anything else, so she accepted the job, but vowed to continue looking for something better.
 
A few weeks after accepting the low-paying, unfulfilling job, Susan got a call from a company that hadn’t got back to her for weeks. It turns out they needed someone with Susan’s exact skill set!
 
Finally, after some hard work and persistence, Susan was offered the job of her dreams – the money was good and it was just the kind of work she was looking for. 

When we put in our best effort, we create opportunities, find opportunities, and opportunities will find us. When we allow disappointment and discouragement to take over, we don’t see the hidden gems right in front of our faces!
 
What if Susan had stopped the pursuit of her dream job when she took the dead-end position? What if she had allowed her disappointment to dictate her actions? What if she ignored the phone call about her dream job offer?
 
Well, she wouldn’t be very happy at all! She would be suffering an inner tension day in and day out.
 
We must continue to persevere and leverage the power of positive thinking even as negative thinking seems so much easier. It's an easier way to create results.
 
Opportunities will come. They always do when we work, wait, and watch for them.