Resilience Will Get You Through Anything

I watched a episode on Oprah yesterday, and it was very inspiring. She was talking about how come some people who face adversity in their lives still succeed and accomplish some amazing things. While others who face adversity let the circumstances stop them and they accomplish nothing.

I thought it was very inspirational cause I am in the middle of some adversity myself, and have refused to let it get me down. I truly believe that I have learned alot in the past year. I have been involved with personal development for a about 17 months now. Before personal development I really had no goals, I would just go to work and pay the bills. Now I feel like I have a purpose in life, and I love it.

She talked about anyone with resilience could conquer anything. Do you feel like you have resilience? I absolutely believe I do, I have had people tell me that I am crazy to believe that I can make a living without holding a job. When I walked away from the post office, they really thought I was crazy. Everyone said it was such a good job (you know working for the government and the benefits.) I wasn't happy being a mail carrier, my goal is to not work for anyone other than myself.

I have been on the path for a little over a year, and I expected that at the end of the first year I would be a millionaire. (Don't we all?) I knew absolutely nothing about business, marketing or anything (besides being an employee) I wake up every morning with my visualization of my goal, absolutely believing that I am headed in the right direction. I will persist until I reach my goal.

I feel like anyone can accomplish whatever it is they want, it just all starts with a decision and a why. I believe tough times don't last but tough people do. Your desire has to be strong enough for you to persist even during the challenges. Every downturn in our economy was followed by a period of expansion. Every missed sale is followed by a sale that you make at some point.

Winston Churchill said, "Courage is the first of human qualities because it is the quality which guarantees all other qualities." Everything else emanates from your willingness to face adversity head-on. Someone once defined courage as "fear that has said its prayers." Ernest Hemmingway defined courage as "grace under pressure."

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