Philippine Society and Culture

  Katya Wolf Everyone wants to be successful in life; nobody wants to be a failure. We all aspire to succeed, be it in our professional or personal career. Unfortunately, many of us have tried but failed in some of our goals due to some factors that are beyond our control. Indeed, there is no shortcut to success. It is a long, hard process. Like cooking a tasty, nutritious food, success is a combination of factors, synergized and intertwined to produce our desired result. Fortunately, there are values that are inherent to many of us that could help us achieve our goals in life.  Persistence  Persistence is defined as continuous effort amidst challenges along the way towards achieving our dreams in life. Persistence is one of the values that we need to succeed in our life. Without it there can be no success in life. On our way to our goals, there will be building blocks such as losing interest in what we have started, procrastination, discouragement and other circumstances that will hin