Do You Know What Perseverance Really Is?

Perseverance is a set of thoughts and attitudes that we can learn and develop to better adapt and cope with challenging situations. The people around us are also fundamental factors in the emergence of perseverance.

So how do people deal with difficult situations? How do we get over the death of a loved one or the loss of a job? The answer to why we adapt to such situations is perseverance.

What is perseverance?

If you’ve ever wondered more closely what perseverance really means, the answer to this question is quite simple: perseverance is the ability to face adversity and attempts to adapt to different tragedies, traumas, threats, or severe stress.

Perseverance does not mean that a person does not have any difficulties at all or does not feel any anxiety at all. Each of us at some point in life feels sadness, insecurity, discomfort, or pain, be it physical or mental.

Perseverance is the ability to overcome and adapt – despite all the obstacles that come up and the great impact of situations.

Nor is perseverance something we simply either have or don’t have, but rather involves a set of different thoughts, feelings, and behaviors that anyone can learn and develop.

Which makes us persistent

Many studies have shown that mental support is one of the most important factors in building true perseverance. If we have loved ones around us who offer love, support, and trust, they can make us much more tenacious people.

Other factors related to perseverance include:

A positive view of ourselves, a sense of confidence in our own strengths and weaknesses.
Communication skills and problem solving. We see problems as crucial challenges rather than potential threats.
Ability to make realistic plans and good control of strong emotions and impulses (ability to self-control).

What kind of tenacious people are they?

A tenacious person has both a realistic and flexible way of thinking

The basic characteristics of persevering people are:

They accept reality as it is.
They believe that life matters.
They have the ability to improve and evolve.

In addition to this, they may have other skills such as:

The ability to control one’s own feelings.
The ability to feel empathy.
They can accurately identify the causes of problems.
They consider themselves competent.
They are confident.

The most important characteristic of a persevering person is their way of thinking. A tenacious person has both a realistic and a flexible way of thinking.

How perseverance can be built

Perseverance is the ability to face adversity and seek strategies to cope with it

Perseverance is not a trait that one has and another does not, but perseverance involves a range of different skills and attitudes that we can all develop. But how?

Here are some tips for building better perseverance:

1. Build relationships

As we have already mentioned, psychic support is one of the most important factors that helps us to be more tenacious and unyielding.

Good relationships with the people around us, the help they provide us, accepting support, and helping those in need all strengthen our own perseverance.

2. Realistic thinking, constructive thinking

We cannot prevent the occurrence of threatening or stressful events, but we can change the way we interpret and respond to those events.

Seeing problems as challenges to be solved and looking at them from a broader perspective, that is, thinking that we have enough ability to deal with them and find possible solutions to them, will help us build resilience.

3. Accept reality

To adapt, it is essential that we accept how change is a part of life. Without this acceptance of reality, the adjustment process would come to a complete halt.

4. Trust yourself

We can’t know what we can do until we try it. You may even be surprised at how much you can achieve if you just trust yourself.

5. Develop goals

Take action, and don’t stand still. Set goals and fight to achieve them.

6. Look for opportunities to find yourself

Often, after overcoming a very stressful event or adversity, we experience personal growth. We learn something new about ourselves.

There are many other ways to develop perseverance and we just need to identify all the functions that allow us to build our personal strategy for building and developing perseverance.

Finally, we want to share an interesting saying that reflects well on the theme of the day:

“The interesting paradox is that when we accept ourselves as we are, we can finally change.”