I met someone yesterday.
When he was a teenager,
he suffered from a brain injury
and he was told
he would be paralyzed
from the neck down
for the rest of his life.
He didn’t accept that answer.
Within two years,
he had trained his brain
to overcome the injury
and he took his first steps.
Now, he’s in his late twenties
and he is one of the top salespeople
in a Fortune 500 company.
That isn’t a coincidence.
People who have been tested
and have proven themselves
to have tremendous inner strength
are often
unstoppable in their chosen fields.
They’ve faced adversity
and know they can overcome it.
When they face another round
of adversity
(as we all do),
they strive to defeat it again.
When you are seeking
to partner with people,
to hire people,
to tie your success
to people,
ask them about adversities
they’ve faced.
Inner strength is
a powerful asset.