Like the glass half full/half empty scenario, there are people who look at situations and see problems where others see only opportunities. Whatever the situation facing you, how you view it will affect the results you get.
Do you look at a problem with sagging shoulders and imagine the worst? Or do you look at a problem and rise to the challenge it presents to you? The challenge of finding a way to succeed.
The problem lies in giving up too soon. If Thomas Edison had given up we would not have the electrical light bulb - but it took 586 failed experiments before he reached success. Robert Perry finally reached the North Pole but it took 8 attempts over 23 years to do it. Alexander Graham Bell was laughed at and bankers did not take him seriously... just as well he didn't give up or we'd not have the telephone... and we won't go into Walt Disney's bankruptcies because we always use that example!
Don't quit something when success could be waiting just around the next bend... and if it isn't, it may be the bend after that. If something is worth doing or worth having, it is worth persevering for. You need to understand and accept that challenges and problems are not signs that you should quit, but rather, they are part of life. If you were never tested, how would you grow and learn and improve? And where would the fun and satisfaction be if everything landed easily on your lap?
Problems are just experiences in life. Everyone alive is facing, has faced, or will face some kind of adversity in life, and not just once, but possibly many times. This doesn't signal the end. It is an experience and an opportunity for personal growth. The wonderful thing about overcoming problems and adversities is that once you've faced and overcome them, you don't face the same problem again. It's like being in school. Once you've passed the exam for one grade, you never have to sit that exam again.
Too often, some people see successful people, enjoying their wealth, and assume it came "easy" for them. But you don't know the long hours, the sweat, the failures, etc. that came before the great success. And if you persevere and work at it, you too can sit back one day and really enjoy the fruits of your labor and taste for yourself the sweetness of success.
Stick with it!
Terri Levine
http://www.coachinstitute.com
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