{"id":2987,"date":"2013-08-21T16:01:48","date_gmt":"2013-08-21T16:01:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spontaneousdevelopment.com\/sdnuggets\/?p=2987"},"modified":"2013-08-21T16:01:48","modified_gmt":"2013-08-21T16:01:48","slug":"succeed-even-when-nothings-working","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/tayosolagbade.com\/sdnuggets\/succeed-even-when-nothings-working\/","title":{"rendered":"Succeed Even When Nothing's Working"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Does it feel like nothing is working the way you want? Can\u2019t  find (or keep) a job or client? Bungling important assignments at work? Or having  problems with your partner?<\/p>\n<p>  This post offers ideas you can use to succeed, in spite of negative  situations in your life.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Those Who Seek Success,  Must Embrace Hard Times Along The Way<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>The only way you can avoid experiencing difficulties in life  will be if you choose to give up <strong>ambition<\/strong>.  In other words, you would adopt a \u201cdo-nothing-noteworthy\u201d attitude to life. <\/p>\n<p>People who do this often go through life making sure they  rock no boats. They take what they are given, do what they are told, and  generally stay out of the way of everyone else.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Here\u2019s a quote I  coined for them some time ago:<\/strong><\/h3>\n<blockquote>\n<p align=\"center\"><em>\u201c<strong>Some people join the crowd in  order to become hidden or protected from criticism or scrutiny. Since they also  take care never to voice contrary (and at times ANY) opinion, they are rewarded  with the anonymity they seek \u2013 and the insignificance that results from it.\u201d<\/strong> \u2013 Tayo K. Solagbade<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The above implies that making progress means you\u2019ll have to  confront challenges, difficulties, adversity and negatives in different forms.  That process will mould you into the person you need to be, to achieve the  progress or success you desire.<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s why if you pursue progress, each time think you\u2019ve  seen the last, another \u201cdifficulty\u201d forces its way into your life. It does not matter  how hard you try to avert it. Some adversity is needed to help you prepare for  success.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Hard Times Make  People Fail, But Why Do Some People Seem Immune To Them?<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><em>It\u2019s true. And it\u2019s  being that way since the beginning of mankind, and will always be so. <\/em><\/p>\n<p>Even as you struggle to deal with your challenge, you  probably know some people who rarely seem to let anything set them back. <\/p>\n<p><strong>It\u2019s almost as if  they are incapable of failing. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I do not refer here to people who stay in their comfort  zone, and never venture out to do something new, different or daring. Nor do I  mean those who achieve a level of material comfort, and then decide to live the  rest of their lives playing it safe.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>No. <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Instead I am talking about courageous individuals who boldly  set new and challenging goals, and fearlessly pursue them till they succeed. <\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>These  persons would often be seen to encounter great obstacles, which they ultimately  surmount. Sometimes emerge victorious, despite being bruised and bloodied  (figuratively\/literally speaking) making others conclude they cannot fail. <\/p>\n<p>The truth is however often that people who excel as above  rarely attain that level of competence overnight. They would have invested time  and effort, learning to endure and overcome adversity, to succeed. And that\u2019s  how their demonstrated mastery often results.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>What You Can Do<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>The above process cannot happen via shortcut for anyone. Every  person who desires authentic success must be prepared to pay the price to get  it. <\/p>\n<p><strong>That price is  EXPERIENCE i.e. firsthand experience that cannot be bought with money\u2026or  obtained by proxy.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>You must undergo it in  person \u2013 or as the French would say \u201cToi-m\u00eame\u201d i.e. yourself. <\/em><\/p>\n<p>When you do, you\u2019ll gradually develop the capacity to defeat  adversity. If you persist long enough, you\u2019ll arrive at a point where others conclude <strong><em><u>YOU<\/u><\/em><\/strong> are incapable of failing.<\/p>\n<p>Why would they think that of you?<\/p>\n<p>Because you would have discovered that <strong><em>relentless persistence<\/em><\/strong> is  the key to achieving progress, even when (it seems) nothing\u2019s working. <\/p>\n<p><strong>And you would act  based on that knowledge every time you encounter difficulty, hardship,  adversity, negativity etc.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>In other words, you  would have become unstoppable!<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Does it feel like nothing is working the way you want? Can\u2019t find (or keep) a job or client? Bungling important assignments at work? Or having problems with your partner? This post offers ideas you can use to succeed, in spite of negative situations in your life. 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