The Art of Persistence

The Simple Secrets to Long-Term Success (Inspirational Books Series)

By: R.L. Adams

Narrated by: Smokey Rivers

Length: 7 hrs and 43 mins

Publisher's summary

Many people in life talk about wanting to achieve something. So many people have lofty goals, dreams, and aspirations, but not many people follow through with realizing them. And, in fact, many people move further and further away from them with each passing day.

Why is that?

Life can be convoluted at times. Sometimes, we're merely in reactionary mode and we lose sight of what we're aiming for. We're so busy responding to external stimuli, that we forget about the goals that are important to us, and we slip back into our negative patterns of behavior.

By understanding our underlying beliefs, habits, and the reasons why we really want the things that we do, we can renew a start of pushing towards the life of our dreams.

Learn to Live an Extraordinary Life

There are a lot of resources out there touting to be the answer to our desires. From get-rich-quick schemes to fad weight-loss diets, we see them everywhere we turn. And, this seemingly ceaseless cycle of bombardment has us chasing our tails from left to right. It's time to exit the perpetual cycle of defeat and failure, and start living an extraordinary life.

The Art of Persistence is about learning to reboot your life and assess what really matters to you. It's about how you can leverage some of the simple secrets to long-term success to move you closer and closer to your dreams each and every single passing day.

From a foundational psychological understanding of why we do the things we do, to a formulaic approach to achieving anything in life, this book sheds light on the subject of goal setting in a whole new way.

Moving Past Failure

The most difficult part about achieving our goals in life, is coming up against failure. We've all failed many times, but how many of us have been able to use those failures as building blocks? How many people have been able to leverage their failures as stepping-stones to really succeeding in life?

Most of the time, we're in the midst of a fear that grips us, forcing us to hold back our dreams for success in life. When fear takes over, the mind shuts down, retreating from the potential for pain. Learn how to leverage the pain and pleasure paradigm to fuel you, and build an awareness to what it is you really want in life.

©2013 R.L. Adams (P)2014 R.L. Adams

An Inspiring Read

What made the experience of listening to The Art of Persistence the most enjoyable?

This is the type of book that sparks a desire in you to change your life, to grasp what you want and to begin reshaping your future to meets those goals. It is inspiring, from the actual written words of the author to the deeply emotion laced tone of the narrator; making for an enjoyable read that leaves you bursting with motivation to get moving and changing.

What was one of the most memorable moments of The Art of Persistence?

Each chapter begins with quotes that really allow the chapter to spring off of the subject matter, bringing new life to the words and capturing the voice of inspiration, motivation, courage and strength.

Have you listened to any of Smokey Rivers’s other performances before? How does this one compare?

I think that Smokey Rivers brings just the right amount of practical forethought, inspiration and passion to the narration... capturing the author words in a wonderful way. This was a worthy narration that added a great deal to an already spectacularly inspiring book.

Learn how you can create your own long tem success

Any additional comments?

I enjoyed the audio version immensely and found it to be very motivational. The narration was excellent and easy to listen to.
The author shows us that yes, one can be successful - we just need to have a strategy and apply the simple steps outlined.
I'll definitely listen to this program again and highly recommend it.

Step by step guidelines

This book had step by step guidelines and was also easy to understand, in this audio book there were lots of useful tips for how to be persistent, the narrator Smokey Rivers was able to narrate the audio book nicely.

One of the best books ever read!

There is so much to take from this book that I don't even know where to begin. This is going to be the book that I will begin to reference for life goals and for inspiring my audience. Oh, how Inspiring it is. Grab it now if you haven't found success or significance in your life.

fantastic book

I loved listening to it. truly inspirational. it opened my eyes and my mind to achieve what I have wanting to achieve for a long time.

Reclaim your goals!

The art of Persistence is on point, offering techniques to remind you how to reclaim your goals!

A Practical Guide to a Successful Life

If you could sum up The Art of Persistence in three words, what would they be?

Practical. Inspiring. Well-written.

This is a guide that explores the "Art of Persistence" in a wonderful way, inviting the reader to become immersed in a life of success and personal growth the likes that few will ever truly accomplish. It's a smart, insightful and practical book that provides a solid foundation of advice, techniques and tips that make it possible to take your like by the reigns and truly aspire to be more. R.L. Adams does a wonderful job of making you want to succeed, want to reach farther and achieve more in life. It's the kind of book that inspires you to keep reaching and stay determined, no matter the ups and downs that come.

The narration provided by Smokey Rivers really set an inviting and strong tone, pulling you into the guide in a straightforward and concise way. The narration was vivid, illuminating and overall made this book come to life in intricate ways, both big and small.

Overall, I found the guide to be well worth the read with countless insights into the secrets of life that help you to achieve success. It is definitely a book that I would recommend to other readers.

simple explanations

This audio book had some helpful assessments and simple explanations that provide a nice, clear guidance for being more persistent.

Great, inspirational and enlightening!

If you could sum up The Art of Persistence in three words, what would they be?

inspirational, enlightening, encouraging

What was one of the most memorable moments of The Art of Persistence?

I loved all the encouraging thoughts, inspirational storytelling and great quotes at the beginning of each chapter.

What does Smokey Rivers bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you just read the book?

The experience was very enlightening, it has changed the way I look at my life, but absolutely in a good way! It will encouraged me to think wider.

What’s an idea from the book that you will remember?

The most important idea for me is that every man is a product of his own thoughts, what he thinks - he becomes. So, we have to think positive to achieve happiness, love, health and prosperity in our lives.

Any additional comments?

I love good spiritual and inspirational books, but sometimes I don’t have enough time to read everything I would love to read – and this is where audio books are perfect solution.
I really enjoyed listening this great inspirational audio book with many interesting, insightful concepts about persistence, the importance and power of our thoughts, the strength of our believes, the law of attraction, focused action, goal setting and much, much more.

I highly recommend it!

Step by step guidelines

This book had step by step guidelines and was easy to understand to, in this audio book there was nice information, nice information that is easy to put into use, the format of the chapters, the explanations and examples made the audio book helpful.