“Resourcefulness is the cure to failure. Successful people are resourceful and find a way to make it work. ”_Tony Robbins
Wherever we are right now, and whatever our past may be, I believe we still have the capacity to accomplish our dreams, if we take inspiration from remarkable stories of success that we hear about all the time.
One of such stories is that of Ev Williams who founded Blogger and co-founded Twitter and then, the successful writing platform: Medium.
He achieved such series of impressive successes despite the fact that he had to live on his friend couch at a time in his life.
He became an inspiration to millions because he had the courage to bet on himself when things were bleak and he might have personally felt like a failure.
That’s why I think resourcefulness is the greatest resource.
Another inspiring story of resourcefulness is that of J. K Rowling who turned out to be the first author in history to earn more than $1 billion from writing novels.
She somehow reached the top of the literary world even though she had to live on welfare to survive for a while. She made a remarkable lemonade out of bitter lemon because she chose resourcefulness over lamentations.
Instead of despair in the face of failure and disappointments, she chose to take charge of what was within her power. She expressed herself this way: “Failure meant a stripping away of the inessential. And so rock bottom became a solid foundation on which I rebuilt my life.”
You see, it’s all about being resourceful. And that begins with making a decision for a change and then following that decision with firm commitment to follow-through no matter what.
Yes, we don’t control the circumstances that life deals us, but we do control the response we direct towards those circumstances.
In other words, no matter how bad things may be at the present, hopelessness and resourcefulness are two potential choices. And, it is up to no one but us to make an empowering choice.
So, I dare you to choose wisely from now onward.
