Our readingWhat is a korrent?
Persistence and obstinacy are different behaviours: the persistent are attached to the goal, the obstinate to their ideas about how to reach it.
Drawn from what Paul Graham said
Subjectdiscipline
What this subject means
discipline Doing the work when you do not feel like it: whether showing up is the whole secret, or systems and enjoyment beat willpower.
On the topicIs discipline the answer?under our view: Persistence is not obstinacy, and part of it is knowing when to quit