So this “Persistence” topic must be about passion, not about self-discipline
at all, isn’t it?

It should be renamed from:

Self-Discipline: Persistence

to:

Passion: Persistence

to learn us about persistence of passion

> The vision I have of my future now is far greater than the
> one I had for Dexterity. To be able to help people grow
> and to solve their most difficult problems is far more
> inspiring to me than entertaining people.

I can see passion and inspiration.

@Eric: I should have been more clear in the phrasing of that sentence: “to help people grow and to [help them] solve their most difficult problems….” Even so, this doesn’t mean you can’t solve problems for others even without their cooperation. Take raising kids, for example. Even with adults you can often solve their problems for them — they aren’t always grateful for the help, but people do it all the time. It’s mainly a matter of getting sufficient leverage on the other person to crack their resistance to action.

@John: Search this blog for “planning” and you should find other entries on that subject. My book will also cover goal-setting and planning in detail. You’re right though — planning is very difficult to do well, and it’s hard to find good info on this subject.

I have various goals but when i try to make a plan, i feel it’s very complex and i need a methodology to help me clearing my thoughts.

I’ve done some research on so methods but i’ve found nothing.

I think it would be a good subject for a future post. Literature is often about setting goals but rarely about making a plan.

Steve:

Can someone really solve anothers most difficult poblems. Advice can be offered, suggestions made, but ultimately, only the person with the problem can solve it. Is this not true?

Your comments on giving up are interesting as usual. But why only such a short section on actual persistence, which is your 5th pillar? It appears to be only three paragraphs, then you talk about when to give up.