I spent some time with an awesome company in Austin TX and the CEO asked me to describe one critical element I see in successful companies and successful people.
My response was that they view adversity as assets.
One thing you and I are both promised is tough times. That's a given. It will happen. But I think the key rests in how we deal with those tough times. Now I fully understand this is much easier said than done...but we really only have two choices:
- Move On and Grow...View as an Asset
- Pity Party...decline and go backwards
Also understand, I am not saying these are Yippee, Fun Times, let's all just get better and grow... That's BS! The reality is that some of these times really stink and are no fun at all. But, we still really only have two options.
In our work we see some mountain movin' folks and they really do view their hard times as assets to learn, grow, and launch them to the next level.
