“Everyone goes through adversity in life, but what matters is how you learn from it”—Lou Holtz
Everyone goes through adversity in life at some point of time. What makes the difference between average and successful people is the interpretation or learning from such adversity or experiences. The way we are looking at our experiences and taking further action only determines the growth.
We may come across situations wherein our decision results in heavy financial loss or damages the reputation among peers or customers, etc.. Now we have three choices which decide our ability to overcome the adversity.
Choice of response 1:
Feeling guilty and becoming sad about the decision and the result. The consequence may be your self esteem may go down and you may be cribbing. Self pity will be increasing and no corrective or forward thinking will take place
Choice of response 2:
Start defending your position with justification. You tend to build logics to justify your decision or stand and in this process, you refuse to look at the truth. No learning takes place to improve further.
Choice of response 3:
Take pause ,reflect on the decision making process and the analyse the impact .This may lead you to find more truth about mistakes done . Your mind tends to analyze the fact and accept the need for corrective action for growth.
The choice response that you are choosing to any adversity or experiences determines the further growth. Hence, be aware of your response to any adversity.
Everyone goes through adversity in life at some point of time. What makes the difference between average and successful people is the interpretation or learning from such adversity or experiences. The way we are looking at our experiences and taking further action only determines the growth.
We may come across situations wherein our decision results in heavy financial loss or damages the reputation among peers or customers, etc.. Now we have three choices which decide our ability to overcome the adversity.
Choice of response 1:
Feeling guilty and becoming sad about the decision and the result. The consequence may be your self esteem may go down and you may be cribbing. Self pity will be increasing and no corrective or forward thinking will take place
Choice of response 2:
Start defending your position with justification. You tend to build logics to justify your decision or stand and in this process, you refuse to look at the truth. No learning takes place to improve further.
Choice of response 3:
Take pause ,reflect on the decision making process and the analyse the impact .This may lead you to find more truth about mistakes done . Your mind tends to analyze the fact and accept the need for corrective action for growth.
The choice response that you are choosing to any adversity or experiences determines the further growth. Hence, be aware of your response to any adversity.
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