Thursday, November 15, 2007

Discover How Your Tragic Events can open the Door for Your Future Success

They are people who pondered and asked why certain tragic events in life occurred to them. The events can be the loss of loved ones, loves ones leaving them, handling rejections from work and overcoming massive obstacles such as injury. It can be a daunting task going through such experiences but you realized that those who are willing to overcome the odds ultimately achieve success in their life.

Let us take a look at the following. Tom, a young guy in his early twenties, who has computer design skills, has finally found the courage to find a job. It was during the difficult economic recession period. He went for numerous job applications and was rejected. It was only after six months that he finally landed a job in small design company. Tom was excited and nervous during his first day. He was glad that finally he has a job. His day started slowly and his workload piled up, Tom also realized that he has no mentor. He was given task beyond his ability and skills. He found it difficult to adapt to the new pace. "This is only my first day at work", he said to himself.

Finally, after 4 hours in job, Tom boss realized that he can barely managed the pace of the work. He called Tom into his office. He told Tom that he is not needed anymore. As Tom headed back home, he could not believe at the turn around of his life. Everything was well before. Now, he is facing failures after failures. Tom found it hard to accept it and broke down. But he was lucky to have supportive loved ones who encouraged him to keep going.

Tom did not give up. He kept on going. He realized that he wants to help nurture the young to learn from failures and be determined to achieve success in life. He found education as a wonderful tool to develop the young generation. He started by giving it back for free or minimal education fees for his services to educate them. After a few months, he decided to educate the young on a bigger scale. He went to various institutions to apply for a job there but he received countless rejections again. Finally after the umpteen times of trying, he finally landed a job that enabled him to contribute immensely to the young.

Tom still does face mistakes and failures in his attempts to inspire the young but this time around Tom with great experiences, realized failures are part of success. In fact, Tom uses it effectively to explain to the young about learning from your failures to keep going to achieve success in life. Tom felt that his past failures were actually paths leading to his definition of success. His moments of great satisfaction became a reality when one of the young he shared his experiences with said to him. "Mr Tom, you are so kind and I want to thank you for your sharing and inspiring us to have the courage to achieve success and dreams in life". That moment he realized that his past tragic incidents in life opened the door for his current success in life. It was a moment to treasure.

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