25 January
2011
Written by Brian Martin
Along your path to success, remember that every failure, adversity and unpleasant experience is often a blessing in disguise.
One of the most powerful sayings that I have heard, one that has helped me so many times when I have slipped and fallen, is "God’s way of giving you a gift is wrapped inside a problem." I have come to believe this and it makes me more resolute in recognizing that when the going gets tough, the tough get going!
In past blogs, I have told you the story of Thomas Edison and his 10,000 attempts to make the light bulb. There is a similar story about Henry Ford. He would not give in and sent his engineers back to the workshop again and again and again. Through his commitment to the making of the motor car, and his recognizing that to fail was an opportunity in disguise, we owe the first motor car to his ‘never give up’ attitude. Both of these men had much in common, as do today’s entrepreneurs like Richard Branson and Bill Gates.
Warren Buffett, in spite of his immense wealth as one of the richest people in the world, still lives moderately and chooses to give billions of dollars of his fortune away to those less fortunate. I was delighted to see him interviewed on CNN, where he said he dances to work.