STEP 9- LEARN FROM ADVERSITY

9) - Learn From Adversity

As long as we maintain the right attitude and a certain amount of flexibility, we will be able to persist through the ups and downs we face in our day-to-day lives.

We certainly know that life will not be perfect, and if we know this, we'll be able to avoid the impulse to quit.
But even if you are strong enough to persist through the obstacle course of life and work, sometimes toy will encounter an adverse event that will completely knock you on your back. This might be an event  out of your control that effects your life or health so profoundly that it may seem like the end of your dreams. These major set backs can leave you doubting yourself.
Adversity happens to all of us, and it happens all the time. It's as much a part of our life as the food we eat and the air we breathe.

You must recognize that history is full of examples of men and women who achieved greatness despite facing situations so dire and hurdles so steep that could have easily crushed their spirit. Just to name a few:
Abrahan Lincoln, Helen Keller, Franklin Roosevelt, Rocky Blier, and Bill Clinton. There are endless examples but you get the point.

These are people who not only looked adversity in the face but learned valuable lessons about overcoming the circumstances and were able to move ahead.
They had the will, hard work and an unwavering belief in themselves, and maybe most important of all, strength of character. Nothing more. No magic potions. No Miracles.

These people simply told themselves that they couldn't say no.

ACCEPT RESPONSIBILITY FOR YOUR ACTIONS

Accept your role in a failure. You can't blame it on other people or on fate.

You create what happens to you, based on your decisions. You create your future, both by your actions and your non-actions.

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