In my opinion - being resilient is more important then perseverance, as there is a huge difficulty in facing your failure, overcoming the humiliation every person will naturally feel, and attacking the same problem again from a different angel or with stronger will and intensity - it's in our human nature - to run away from failure and humiliation - actually, the emotion of shame is one of the strongest emotions a man can experience and it takes a lot to overcome your own nature and give it another shot.
I would like to add a bit to your helpful and brilliant tips - I always found that setting the goal in front of me in a visible way (like when learning - having an advanced book on my shelve - to remind me I am on my way to be able to understand it) - it really helps that you have the desired goal reminded to you when you fail and you can recover and try again in renewed force (it is really helping the perseverance part too!).
Another thing that is really helpful is sharing friends and family in your desired goal - having a supportive company can't be stressed enough! even in cases of a colossal failure -they are not affected emotionally and psychologically as you are and they can talk reason and motivation to you - chose people you trust and believe as you'll need it when you are hurt and you want to hide in the corner - sometimes this people are the only kind of people you will allow to break though the emotional armor you built yourself.
so good luck everyone - keep to your goals! stay consistent, in steemit too - it takes a lot of resilience to succeed here and we all can take some encouragement from this post and implement it on our efforts on this wonderful platform!
Hello @kivsha, I totally agree with your thoughts on this.
Regarding sharing goals with friends and family, I like that you added "choose people you trust and believe" because these person/people may not necessarily have to be friends and/or family--even though literally they have to fall into one of these groups. Choosing a "Supportive company" is something one has to be careful about: there are more people who want to see you fail, and you only know them after you fail. :-)