In this article you will learn about the UPERSIST methodology, with which you will learn how to be more persistent
Great cases of entrepreneurs highlight their greatness due to the difficulties they had to overcome.
JK Rowling, Bill Gates and Walt Disney are just a few of the many entrepreneurs who encountered enough obstacles to give up. However, they overcame the difficulties and reached the top. Just like Alden Mills did.
Meet Alden Mills.
For Alden Mills, former US Navy Seal, founder of Perfect Fitness, and entrepreneur recognized for growing his company’s revenue from $500k to $63 million in just 3 years; the secret is to persist.
He knows that persistence is the way, because his life was full of challenges.
No one was betting that an asthmatic and uncoordinated child would be named 3 times Platoon Commander. (Each platoon It is made up of 46 soldiers)
His life is an example that by wanting things, they can be achieved. And for this reason, he shares his secrets with the world through talks and his book entitled be unstoppable; in which we can learn to be more persistent.
The first thing is to understand that we only have 2 limitations:
- Our inability to dream.
- The lack of courage to pursue those dreams.
Once you overcome those 2 factors, you only need to follow these 8 habits to be more persistent and achieve your goals.
8 habits to learn how to be more persistent.
Alden is based on the English acronym UPERSISTwhich translates into Spanish you persist And it means the following:
- ORunderstand: Understand why we do things.
- Plan: What is our plan to achieve what we want.
- ANDxcercise-Execute: Exercising gives us the energy to execute the plan.
- R.ecognize: Recognize the reasons why we believe we can achieve it.
- Survey: Inspect our customs and incorporate good habits.
- Yoimprovise: The plan can fail and we need adaptability.
- Seek advice: Seeking advice from experts can save us time by cutting our learning curve.
- youteam up: Seek collaboration with a work team.
All steps are important, but let’s get more specific on the first 3. Although first, we would like to ask you a favor. Simply vote from 1 to 5 to see how you’ve found this article so far. Thank you!
Let’s continue…
The importance of why
The first habit you must adopt is understanding. Only by being clear about why we do things can we get out of difficult moments and be more persistent.
However, find that because it is not easy; but Alden suggests how to find it.
The main thing is to identify a goal. Imagine that you are not going to find any kind of obstacles… What would you like to be or achieve?
With that in mind, make a list of pros and cons. Where the pros are all those positive things that reaching the goal would bring and the negative things are the cons.
In general, from some of the pros or cons the because. For example, if one of the cons is ‘not being able to be with my family’, that may be the because that will lead you to persist and eventually achieve the goal: ‘Being next to your family’.
To plan.
One of the characteristics that the most successful share is that they have very well defined goals. Do you already have yours? Once you have it, it is important to understand that you are not going to get it all at once. And that to achieve it, you must have a plan.
The suggestion is that you identify a method for creating and achieving plans. Below you will find support material to achieve it:
The magic pill.
The third habit is Exercise and Execute. Think about the following:
Would you invest in a pill that makes you smarter, reduces stress, tones the body and gives you energy? Surely yes.
Alden tells us that this pill is available to everyone and that it is exercise every day for 30 min.
And it is that exercising, contrary to what many believe, gives us energy; and we can only execute a plan if we have enough energy to carry it out.
Conclusion.
Learning how to be more persistent is a fundamental requirement for all people who want to achieve their goals.
Also, no matter what they seek or how they do it, no one is exempt from facing difficulties. And we can only maintain our motivation and drive by being more persistent.
Finally I hope this information has been helpful to you. And I wish you much success in what you want to achieve so much. 🙂
Recommended Books.
And remember, if you are really interested in creating your own business, you can read our book “How to create a company while working: Discover how to manage your time, manage your money and motivate yourself while creating a company and working for another” , where you will find all the information you need to found your own company, without having to leave your job.
