All highly successful people have an uncanny ability to keep going when everyone else would quit. Your success is tied to your ability to keep working after you have the urge to quit. Quitting is a bad habit, and it’s often learned at a young age. Learn how to continue making progress no matter how strong the urge to quit grows.
Consider the reasons you may feel like quitting in the first place:

You may lack energy. A lack of energy is a common reason for quitting a project. Exhaustion can be physical or mental. To help counteract your exhaustion, get a full night of sleep, eat more nutritious food and learn to relax more. Take control over your schedule and streamline your life.

You may lack focus. Too many distractions can result in the desire to quit. Are you trying to accomplish too many other things? Some people can deal with more goals than others. If you feel overwhelmed, narrow your focus to your most important goals. Ultimate Achievers do this every 90-Days.

Maybe It’s not that important to you. Do you have a good enough reason to keep going? Why are you doing this activity in the first place? Remind yourself of why it’s important to keep going. Find a good reason to continue. If you follow our Ultimate Achievement System, you’ll be able to refer back to your Goal Worksheets and your journal or Lifestyle Planner to remember why this is one of the projects that you’re working on right now.

Understand the reasons you feel the desire to quit. It’s natural to want to quit. And most people do. Will you be one of the few that’s able to persevere? It’s just a matter of putting one foot in front of the other until you’re finished.

Create small successes. Nothing is more motivating than success. Set yourself up for regular success by breaking bigger goals into smaller, benchmark goals that move you forward and build on each other. These baby steps can result in the momentum you need to carry you to the finish line.

Focus on the endpoint. Keep your eye on how great you’ll feel when you’ve your goals. By focusing on the endpoint, you can maintain your motivation more easily. Visualize your ideal endpoint at least daily.

Stay on schedule. Once your motivation begins to wane, it’s easy to lose track of your goal. Other activities seem to take over your schedule and it becomes easier to procrastinate. So, make a schedule that will ensure you stay engaged. Be sure to check in with yourself at least once per week, on the same day each week. This is called the Goal Progression Session or GPS. More on that later.

Ask yourself how you’ll feel if you allow yourself to quit. Quitting msy feel good in the short-term, but we usually regret it later on. How will you feel in a week, month, or year from today if you let yourself quit?

Learn to keep going, no matter how strong the desire to quit grows. This is the best indicator of your ability to be successful. You will eventually succeed if you can continue moving toward your goal.