What if I say, if you are born without your arms and legs, what will you do? Well, for many people, if they were born without arms and legs, I’m sure they will blame the ‘event’ for making them this way. They will blame the god, they will blame their parents, and they will blame everything in the universe except themselves.
Now you see, success is not about all the events that are happening in your surrounding, it is the response that you gave to those events that is going to determine your success. For example, if you fail in your business, and you blame (response) the economy (event) for being down the moment you run your business. Yes, many people will blame on events and circumstances like they are poor, they have no luck, and they don’t have the education and many sorts of excuses.
However, for successful people, these events happen to them as well, just that their response is different. In fact, most successful people face more obstacles than we do, but they choose to respond differently. They know that it is not the event that will affect their result; it is the way they choose to respond to these negative events.
Let me introduce you to Nick Vujicic of Melbourne, Australia.
Nick was born without arms and legs. As a child, he was teased and bullied by his school mates. Instead of choosing to concentrate in his limitations, what he could not do, Nick chooses to focus in what he has… his inner strength, his voice and his mind. Instead of blaming the universe, Nick chooses to respond differently, he chooses to create a powerful meaning to his circumstances.
Nick decided to live not just an ordinary life just like most of us, but he wants a special one. He graduated with a Bachelor of Commerce and majoring in Financial Planning and Accounting. Furthermore, Nick is a speaker who speaks to millions of people over the countries. Now, his current goal is to achieve financial freedom at the age of 25 through real estate investment. Read more from The Millionaire Secrets.
January 6th, 2008 at 2:50 pm
Thanks for this…it is a very strong inspiration story…I guess people should have gratitude of what they got and shouldn’t complain about everyday’s small problems…
January 6th, 2008 at 9:25 pm
Hi PostOnFire, well, I hope that this post will inspires and motivates you. To your success.
May 21st, 2008 at 5:12 pm
wow,
i am motivated.this post is a must read for anyone who wants to succed in whatever he/she does.
January 27th, 2010 at 10:01 pm
[...] And previously I have also written a post about Nick. You can read more in here, Don’t Complain And Read This. [...]