LEADERSHIP -Mastering the art of Self-confidence

 

TRIUMPHING OVER ADVERSITY. 

"The miracle or the power that elevates the few to be found in their industry, application and perseverance under the promptings of a brave, determined spirit". 

                                     —Mark Twain

Even Nelson Mandela has said that "courage is not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it" and that "a brave man is not he who does not feel afraid, but he who conquers that fear".

The lessons from these quotes have clearly told us that if we must win the battle over adversity, or any battle at all, we must have an unyielding spirit that is strengthened with great determination. 

For sure, we know that success does not come easy and that if we must be successful, we must sail over all of the obstacles that life throws at us.

So, if you really want to triumph over adversity, you must be:

Confident

Unyielding  

Resilient

Optimistic 

These things are in accordance with Seneca the Younger's saying  that "Great men rejoice in adversity, just as brave soldiers triumph in war". 

But, because we know that to defeat anything at all, we need to have as much knowledge as is possible to have about that thing because knowledge is power, so to totally triumph over adversity, we must also have:

Knowledge

Skills

Patience 

Guiding goals 

Just like Milo Ventimiglia has said "If you have your mind in the right direction, and your heart is full of the right kind of stuff, you'll succeed and you'll triumph over adversity, over really anything". 

Written by: Mofiyinfoluwa Odusola 

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Reference: The Power of Self-Confidence by Brian Tracy