Why try to make a distinction between perseverance and endurance? In both perseverance and endurance, we may struggle at times, feel fear of failure or rejection, or worry that we are not worthy of what we long for. So the distinction between perseverance and endurance can easily get blurred.
But perseverance and endurance take us down different roads so they are worth distinguishing. Endurance will lead us to a dead end whereas perseverance, although it may take us down a long and meandering path, offers up surprises, serendipity, and synchronicity.
Endurance can be identified by its symptomsanxiety, boredom, self-criticism, addiction, low energy, avoidance, depression, lethargyto name just a few that I discuss in Enough Is Enough! Stop Enduring and Start Living Your Extraordinary Life.
When we habitually wake up in the morning dreading that today will be a repeat of yesterday and the day before and the day before that, we are enduring, not persevering. The bad news is that endurance sneaks up on us. We dont know were in endurance until were pretty miserable. The good news is that, once we recognize the sources of our endurance, we can say Enough is...