Perseverance
Mental/Emotional Perseverance
To mentally persevere is to keep pushing yourself disregarding opinions and judgments coming from others or views you have on yourself
Fellow climbers including Lopsang, didn't believe in Sandy Pittman and her goal of reaching the summit. Interfering with Sandy's climbing and taking pity on her for being a woman only pushed her one step closer to victory.
When people say you can't achieve a goal due to a characteristic you have on yourself but you prove them wrong.
A girl being criticized for wanting to be on the football team. The boys taunt and make fun of her but she turns out to be a tank that becomes the highlight of the team.
Dopamine (reward molecule)
Linked to that "ding, ding, ding" jackpot feeling you get after accomplishing a goal.
Physical Perseverance
To physically persevere is when your body has had enough stress and you physically cannot continue. Your energy decreases yet you pick yourself up and push.
Alone and scared after half his team is murdered by Mount Everest Krakauer continues down the mountain and makes it out alive.
Beck Weathers rises from the dead after being frozen to the bone for hours alone, lost in a blizzard. On high-altitude, unable to see, and alone Beck miraculously finds his way to camp because he realizes the cavalierly wasn't coming for him.
The need to survive.
Family.
When you're running and your legs start to feel like jello and you feel like you're going to puke, but the finish line is 2 minutes away so you keep running even though you can't feel your legs.
The need to be victorious.
