If you think it’s simply enough to take advantage of the opportunities that arise in your life, you will fall short of greatness. Any sentient can do that. What you must do is learn how to press forward precisely when everyone around you sees disaster.
It’s at the seemingly bad moments, when people least expect it, that we can act swiftly and unexpectedly to pull off a big victory. While others are arrested by discouragement, we are not. We see the moment differently, and act accordingly.
You always planned to do something. Write a screenplay. Travel. Start a business. Approach a possible mentor. Launch a movement.
Well, now something has happened – some disruptive event like a failure or an accident or a tragedy. Use it. Seize this moment to deploy the plan that has long sat dormant in your head. Every chemical reaction requires a catalyst. Let this be yours.
Ordinary people shy away from negative situations, just as they do with failure. They do their best to avoid trouble. What great people do is the opposite. They are at their best in these situations. They turn personal tragedy or misfortune – really anything, everything – to their advantage.
But this crisis in front of you? You’re wasting it feeling sorry for yourself, feeling tired or disappointed. You forget. Life speeds on the bold and favors the brave.
