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Tips for Overcoming Adversity
Tips for Overcoming Adversity
Overcoming-adversity whether we like it or not, adversity is part of life. Overcoming adversity is one of the biggest hurdles we face daily.
Problems, large and small, present themselves to us throughout our whole existence.
Regardless of how sharp, clever, or happy-go-lucky we are, we will encounter struggle, challenges, difficulties and at times, heart wrenching moments.
The Tips for Overcoming Adversity
- be aware of, and accept that adversity is inevitable in life.
- Build your internal resources. Before adversity hits, work on cultivating emotional strength, courage and discipline.
- Build your external resources. Build a support system of family and friends.
- That which does not kill you doesn’t always make stronger
- Take inspiration and learn from others who have dealt successfully with adversity. There are many inspiring stories of people who overcame seemingly insurmountable odds. They triumphed over their adversities to live successful, productive lives instead of surrendering to it.
Points to Consider
- The difficult times in life help we appreciate when things are going smoothly.
- Look for the learning opportunities in every adverse situation.
- Decide whether you will allow your experience to make, or break you. Depending upon how you choose to perceive it, it could go either way.
- Be prepared to accept the worst, should it occur. When you have prepared yourself mentally for the worst, it rarely ever happens, and if it does, it seems less so because you are better equipped to handle it.
- Cultivate faith, courage and resilience. The more of these qualities with which you are armed, the lesser the impact of the adversity.
- Remind yourself that adversity is part of life. Accepting adversity, helps you overcome it.
Overcoming adversity is one of our main challenges in life. When we resolve to confront and overcome it, we become expert at dealing with it and consequently triumph over our day-to-day struggles.
Comments (2)
Joseph,
Thank you for the inspirational post. Truer words have never been spoken. Adversity is simply a part of life and the fact is that seeing the glass half empty or rejoice about it being half full is a matter of choice. Though we may not all be born optimists, we can as you suggest, train ourselves to see the lessons within. I believe that every experience is a good experience, even those that don't seem like it at the time.
Thanks for reminding me that we achieve more with a positive outlook on life.
Pyrrha Rivers, over 8 years ago
Great points Joe. I've found that things in life rarely turn out the exact way we expect. We have to realize some things are beyond our control. We have a choice of our perspective on things though. If we view things in a positive way, we can see opportunity although it may not appear as we expected. Progress is progress no matter how it appears.
It was good to see you in Harrisburg last night.
Chuck
Chuck Brooking, over 8 years ago