By Shazad
“Don’t Wish it was easier, wish you were better” Jim Rohn
Many times we look at the great people of history and business and think that they must have had perfect lives. They probably had the most ideal homes and parents as well as best schooling experience. We imagine their coming of age as teenagers and then young adults was picture perfect with glowing recommendations from the whole society. This is often a false story and the reality of many of the most successful people is nothing like what we could imagine.
The great ones of society often had many struggles in life and were full of doubt at many times of their lives. They may have been adopted or were raised by single parents. Often times, their financial situation was like that of a low income family or worse. The top performers of the world often didn’t even attend college or university and those that did, usually dropped out without completing their education. They may even have a learning difficulty or challenge simply reading this paragraph. The friends and even family of these highly successful people didn’t think they would amount to much and wanted them to have average lives doing manual labour or clerical work. To say their life story is heart breaking may be an understatement! The reality of their lives is far from perfect and much tougher than what many of us have gone through…and yet, they rise above their circumstances to become the great ones like Oprah, Steve Jobs, Jeff Bezos, Elon Musk, Richard Branson, Tony Robbins, Jim Carrey and so many others have had anything but perfect childhoods or families and yet they succeeded.
These great celebrities and top earners are not just among the rich and famous people of the world. They are all living legends of our time and a great testimony to the fact that from struggle, hardship and persistence can come great things and great people. Study their childhood and early years as adults and you will realize that it is possible to change your life regardless of where you may be at today. Human beings have a great capacity to learn, grow, adapt and transform themselves into the best versions of themselves so don’t give up on your journey to becoming your most Awesome self.
Look at your own struggles and challenges in life and realize they were the foundation to make you a better person. Be grateful for this solid foundation built on hardship and develop the courage to keep going. Make the rest of your life, the best of your life knowing that many people with far worse circumstances rose to Awesome heights and so can you!