This is a great article! There are always so many unexpected things that come up in my day.

By Denis Waitley

When asked, “How do you develop mental toughness in life?” my response is, “Always be prepared for a surprise. Something is going to happen in your day, whether you are late because you got stuck behind a train or your car had a flat tire. And the key is your ability not to take mole hills and look at them as mountains.”
Problems are a normal part of change. Things are changing so rapidly that there are going to be problems you face. So you must look at failure as an event, not as a person. I’m not a failure. Maybe I’ve had a failure or a temporary inconvenience. I’ve had a stumbling block, and the idea is to turn that stumbling block into a stepping stone, and step on it instead of stumble over it. Learn from your mistakes. Try not to repeat that same thing again. But look at it as a temporary inconvenience, as a detour in life, not as a failure.

Posted on February 28th, 2006 by Abi
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