Successful people deal with adversity. It’s true.
Read the stories or profiles of most successful people. You’ll be surprised at just how adverse many of their situations were.
They often tell the stories for others to learn and to use to overcome adversity. I read those types of stories to help me with GenuLines posts.
Here are some suggestions for you to do the same.
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Profiles of successful people
These contain gems of information and can act as a resource for everyone else. The story is one aspect of reading about them.
But how they dealt with their situations is often a source of inspiration. When you become inspired, you increase your chances of effective problem-solving.
Inspiration doesn’t last forever, unfortunately. You need to reinforce the message.
If you can, try to set aside time to read one story of a successful person every month. This will help you feel inspired.
And it will give you ideas on how to use the stories to make your life better.
Some people’s stories are dated
But their techniques may be timeless. A perfect example of this is Dale Carnegie’s How to Win Friends and Influence People.
The stories themselves describe people and occupations of days long gone. But, his techniques are as valid today as they were back then.
You can read all about the stories of successful people and get inspired. But, if you don’t take action, it will be of little help to you.
At that point, you become nothing more than a dreamer. Having dreams is good, but you need to make sure you take action on those dreams.
Common ground
Reading the stories of successful people often shows that they’re just like the rest of us. There isn’t anything superhuman about them that led them to their successes.
You’ll find a common theme among those facing adversity. They had persistence and kept a positive attitude.
Those two attributes will take you far when facing any situation.
Finding successful
You can choose to read stories online or find material in your local library. You can also choose to find stories on the internet.
Be careful of the resources you find online. Anyone can publish whatever they like while sounding convincing and authoritative.
Check the resources. And keep a critical eye out for people who don’t present qualified information.
Get into the habit of reading about successful people. You’ll shift to a successful mindset yourself.
And you’ll have a memory bank of stories to draw inspiration.
JohnK 2-18-2019
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