Kevin Goh fills the gap between the advice everyone is given about perseverance and what it actually takes to keep going. Written plainly and without motivational language, Persevere sets out the practices he has relied on: accepting the ground you are standing on, recovering quickly instead of staying down, taking real ownership without carrying false guilt, and continuing when confidence does not turn up.

Its message is that perseverance is not a personality trait some people are given and others are not. It is a set of practices, available to anyone, from any starting point, including knowing, honestly, when it has quietly become stubbornness.