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Persist or Persevere

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"Definition of Insanity - Doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different result." ~ Albert Einstein The action of being persistent can often mean you are doing the same thing over and over. Sometimes that can be good but sometimes, not so much. Take for example the analogy I love to give my clients: If you keep putting the same ingredients in your cake, you will keep getting the same cake. If you want a different cake, you have to put in different ingredients. When being persistent with something, it's important to know when enough is enough and you need to try something new to reach your goal. Especially when that cake you're making is really not the cake you want to be eating at all! 😉 The illusion that the ability to persist is always a virtue has caused people to stay in toxic relationships with people they don’t respect, put up with jobs they hate, and generally just continue to perform the same painful action over and over again, in hopes that it will be bett

Persist or Persevere Home About Michelle Coaching Services Blog Subscribe Now! Login To Persist or to Persevere, that is the Question… action awareness challenge character character traits courageous define self difficulty mindset perserverance perservere persist persistence persistent strength "Definition of Insanity - Doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different result." ~ Albert Einstein The action of being persistent can often mean you are doing the same thing over and over. Sometimes that can be good but sometimes, not so much. Take for example the analogy I love to

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