Financial uncertainties, sickness, marital conflict, the death of loved ones, are just a few of the realities of life that that are inclined to throw us into a state of hopeless defeat.
Some success “coaches” will tell you to think positively, you are the captain of your fate, you can “shift your physiology to a peak state” and thereby overcome all of life’s dilemmas.
All of which is easier said that done, and in all honesty quite absurd, when you stop to think about it.
Anyone who has a survival strategy that shallow should dial 911 and assume the crash position. You’re going over Niagara Falls in a barrel!
To my way of thinking, the biting truth is that sometimes you just have to tough it out. And pray a lot.
Anyone who has a survival strategy that shallow should dial 911 and assume the crash position. You’re going over Niagara Falls in a barrel!
To my way of thinking, the biting truth is that sometimes you just have to tough it out. And pray a lot.
Character most assuredly counts more than competence.
Ever the researcher and out of curiosity in this subject, over time I have taken it upon myself to study some world leaders and celebrities who have reached the highest levels of achievement. Even a few very successful close acquaintances. Not all of these high-achieving people had wealthy parents, or overly phenomenal IQs or the best education, but they all have/had one thing in common…
As I reflect on these extraordinary individuals I see that there is one quality that they all shared: they are people of character who developed the tenacity to survive.
They learned how to hold on emotionally, physically and financially, when any reasonable person would have given up.
They did not succeed because they were destined to; they succeeded because they were determined to. They had a vision and went for it though Hell should bar the way!
Ever the researcher and out of curiosity in this subject, over time I have taken it upon myself to study some world leaders and celebrities who have reached the highest levels of achievement. Even a few very successful close acquaintances. Not all of these high-achieving people had wealthy parents, or overly phenomenal IQs or the best education, but they all have/had one thing in common…
As I reflect on these extraordinary individuals I see that there is one quality that they all shared: they are people of character who developed the tenacity to survive.
They learned how to hold on emotionally, physically and financially, when any reasonable person would have given up.
They did not succeed because they were destined to; they succeeded because they were determined to. They had a vision and went for it though Hell should bar the way!
Would that I possessed that same foresight when I was bright-eyed and busy tailed a lifetime ago.
Of course, to begin with, it is helpful to have a vision beyond the end of your nose.
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