Would perseverance not fall under believing in oneself and one's achievement? After all perseverance indicates belief in the positive outcome. I would still make a distinction between the two. People can happily persevere in working at a goal. But they might actually not believe they will ever get there. They are kind of going through the motions.

Many people will pause at this stage and remember failed projects which they had vehemently believed in at the time. Yet they didn't make it. Those years that they studied and still didn't get the degree, or worked long hours at their business many months hardly drawing a salary. And still the business bumbled along for a few years and in the end they gave up and sold up, closed down and went to work for a boss. All those were strong dreams that didn't happen for them.

But I believe that what distinguishes the person with reaching their dream and those that just grab at it in mid-air, is the absolute, cast-iron, set in concrete belief that they can achieve their goal. Call it obsessional belief. There is not one crack of disbelief. In all honesty, ask yourself, when you gave up that dream to be a concert pianist, athlete, busine

Would perseverance not fall under believing in oneself and one's achievement? After all perseverance indicates belief in the positive outcome. I would still make a distinction between the two. People can happily persevere in working at a goal. But they might actually not believe they will ever get there. They are kind of going through the motions.

Many people will pause at this stage and remember failed projects which they had vehemently believed in at the time. Yet they didn't make it. Those years that they studied and still didn't get the degree, or worked long hours at their business many months hardly drawing a salary. And still the business bumbled along for a few years and in the end they gave up and sold up, closed down and went to work for a boss. All those were strong dreams that didn't happen for them.

But I believe that what distinguishes the person with reaching their dream and those that just grab at it in mid-air, is the absolute, cast-iron, set in concrete belief that they can achieve their goal. Call it obsessional belief. There is not one crack of disbelief. In all honesty, ask yourself, when you gave up that dream to be a concert pianist, athlete, busin

Many people will pause at this stage and remember failed projects which they had vehemently believed in at the time. Yet they didn't make it. Those years that they studied and still didn't get the degree, or worked long hours at their business many months hardly drawing a salary. And still the business bumbled along for a few years and in the end they gave up and sold up, closed down and went to work for a boss. All those were strong dreams that didn't happen for them.

But I believe that what distinguishes the person with reaching their dream and those that just grab at it in mid-air, is the absolute, cast-iron, set in concrete belief that they can achieve their goal. Call it obsessional belief. There is not one crack of disbelief. In all honesty, ask yourself, when you gave up that dream to be a concert pianist, athlete, busin

But I believe that what distinguishes the person with reaching their dream and those that just grab at it in mid-air, is the absolute, cast-iron, set in concrete belief that they can achieve their goal. Call it obsessional belief. There is not one crack of disbelief. In all honesty, ask yourself, when you gave up that dream to be a concert pianist, athlete, busin

Listening to Classic FM I heard an interview with Lang Lang, the world renowned Chinese concert pianist who is creating waves and picking up awards with his supreme technical skills and interpretative playing. He said that during his years of tuition he once had a teacher who just took a dislike to him and told him that he should give up the piano because he was no good, and would never be any good.

Lang Lang gave up the piano for six months, not knowing what else to do as his entire life had been focused on becoming a pianist. Then a college invited him to play for a special event. He initially refused saying that he was no good at it. But they insisted and pleaded with him. Finally he thought, why not, after all this is what he truly wanted to do. And he played for them. He never looked back. Now almost ten years later, he is an award winning pianist. Even now he has some detractors and is called Bang Bang by some critics who maintain that his playing style is vulgar and lacks sensitivity. This does not deter him however, and he continues to perform and record with top orchestras and conductors.

Are you going to get criticism if you have fought your way to the top with hard work, determination, absolute