Grit serves no purpose if you’re chasing the wrong thing. Blind persistence can hold you back from achieving your goals instead of helping you reach them. Consequently, the most important question you should ask yourself before you even start learning about grit is: “Should I even keep going?”

You can accomplish a lot in your life with sheer persistence, but there’s no reason to rely on grit alone. You’ll free up a lot of willpower to use in other areas of your life if you support grit with daily routines requiring little to no effort to perform. Why are routines so important and how do you introduce them into your life to persevere no matter the circumstances?

Mental toughness encompasses a wide variety of positive attributes that help a person handle difficult situations and persevere without losing confidence. Learn how to develop it.

Hard work is a success cliché that makes people work unnecessarily hard. Some of the most successful people in life achieved their goals not because of their blood, sweat, and tears, but primarily because they worked less than other people (but in a more focused way). Discover how to do it.

All of us know how dangerous stress is to our health. Yet, the image of success people have in their minds usually means extremely hard and stressful work, frequently at the cost of stress wreaking havoc on your body. Learn why it's the wrong approach.

Even if you consider yourself a fairly persistent person, you probably sabotage your goals at least a few times. Self-sabotage comes in all shapes and sizes, but most frequently it starts with rationalizing why you should give up (when you shouldn’t). In this lesson, we’ll explore some of the most common self-sabotage behaviors.

Limiting beliefs are yet another reason why people sabotage themselves. These beliefs work behind the scenes. It’s hard to notice them without a good look within. Learn how to deal with them.

Studies show that grit is strongly associated with conscientiousness. Optimism is another important trait of gritty peopleDiscover how these two important traits can help you build grit and how to develop them.

People who are resilient experience positive emotions even during stressful events, which helps them quickly rebound despite adversity. Consequently, resilience is the most important skill to build to learn how to turn your struggles into something positive. Discover how to develop it.

Even the most persistent people sometimes battle with doubt and are tempted to give up. Fortunately, there are several effective techniques you can use to greatly reduce the temptation to give up. We'll cover them in this lesson.

Impatience can negatively affect your persistence in at least three ways. Discover how to avoid these traps and stay patient when working on your long-term goals.

Self-help literature suggests that the best way to motivate yourself to work on your goal is to imagine it in great detail. Yet, there’s more to it than just visualizing your success. Learn what.

I created this course with one goal in mind – to help you understand what affects persistence and how to become a grittier person. If it helped you push through the obstacles and overcome the short-term feeling of discouragement, I consider my job done.