Turning Misfortune into Mass Fortune
Maybe I shouldn’t be writing this…I mean, I’m no millionaire or even several hundred thousandaire (is that even a word?). I’m no expert or guru and I sure as heck am no master at things, at least I don’t think so. Still though, I’d like to think my head is on the right shoulders and that yours is too. Or so we think.
Misfortune is a necessary evil of life. Having experienced many screwed up things over my rather short existence, it’s pretty amazing to be doing what I’m doing, even what you’re doing. Still though, a perfect world where perfect things happen and perfect people live in perfect harmony would be awesome! Sadly, this is no fairy tale. Reality they call it? Yeah, something like that…
Some people are affected severely by misfortune while others can take it in stride and even though it’s not the greatest, power through it to the next experience in life. What makes up a person who can power through it and go on to be a huge success, making lots of money (even though that’s not what it’s all about) and helping large groups of people (what it’s really about)?
#1: They’ve got their mind right. They understand how important their attitude is and how it affects things around them. Being mad and sad may not affect that tree over there but you can be sure it has an impact on your day to day operations, as well as what comes into your path.
#2: Every mistake, whether big or small, is part of the learning process. His VMA’s stunt was asinine and disrespectful but Kanye West had a point in his song Stronger with the message “What doesn’t kill me makes me stronger”. The most successful and highly influential people, learn from their mistakes.
They come from a place of “How can I become/do better?” instead of “Oh sh*t! I just screwed up big time!“. People who take action to improve from their mistakes, grow. People who don’t and let their mistakes take over their thoughts, stand still and get worse.
#3: They pick themselves back up. The majority of society when faced with a very big issue and problem, get overwhelmed, depressed, and lots of times, decrease their activity or worse yet, quit. If you have a strong enough passion, a strong enough desire, and are absolutely certain you want to do something and that you need to do it, you don’t quit and frankly if you think about quitting a lot, you may want to reassess what the heck you’re doing. Quitting leads to guaranteed failure which leads to guaranteed mediocrity. Don’t be average, be THAT person!
#4: Consistency is key. Yeah, they’re faced with misfortune and make mistakes but they keep being consistent with whatever it is they’re doing. Bloggers and other content creators completely understand the power of consistency. It’s how many and most sites are built. Youtube would not be where it’s at without people uploading videos on a consistent basis. ProBlogger wouldn’t be where it’s at if Darren slacked off all the time. Your social media presence wouldn’t be able to grow and expand if you only posted a couple tweets/posted a status update a few times per week, etc., and didn’t consistently build relationships
These are 4 key things that make up any Mass Fortune-er. What am I missing? Thoughts?
Side thought: Life is full of speed bumps, some big, some small. What’s interesting however is that the faster you go over them, the less they affect your car, whereas you go over them slowly, it not only takes longer but shakes up everything inside. You still wanna drive the speed limit but by moving a little faster, you’ll get to your destination quicker.