In short, the act of savings helps create and reinforce persistence towards a long term goal such as college.

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It is a long-term undertaking that will continue to demand and receive our focused attention and persistence.

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The learning can occur if you stick with it long enough, but one of the key personality traits that one must likely have is that of persistence.

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