If there was one person I learned about adversity and achieving great things from, it’s Richard Branson.
At an early age, Richard Branson discovered he had dyslexia. This became his greatest nightmare.
He believed this adversity would lead him to failure and hold him back from what he wanted to do.
Due to this major frustration, he knew there had to be a solution. Sure enough, he found that solution.
It was his fire, his passion, and his desire to succeed.
Richard Branson did not let his adversity hold him back.
How many home business owners out there make excuses for why they can’t succeed?
Even if I could count them all, I would lose track so fast the number of failures would begin to blend with the number who enter the home business industry.
The failure accounts for about 95% these days. Amazing!
But, what I learned from Richard is adversities don’t have to hold you back.
Imagine a world where problems, issues, and adversities were nothing more than a challenge.
A challenge you knew with 100% confidence that you would succeed. What would the home business’s failure rate look like now?
I know it won’t eliminate most of the failure rate, but I do believe it would have drastically been reduced.
Richard Branson taught me that you cannot let insignificant adversities hold you back from what you truly want in life.
As part of my self-help plan, I’m always reading books to increase my awareness and improve my level of success. A best place to start is to learn from other leaders who have been down that road before.
Autobiographies tell us that story. If you want to read one, I recommend Richard Branson’s, Losing My Virginity.
Autobiographies just like this, which you can pick up at Amazon, is a great way to learn the adventures and adversities these leaders had gone through.
Amazingly enough, you will soon discover what you thought what was holding you back is not at all a big deal when you compare your life to theirs.
For this reason, we need to learn from our leaders to help our businesses advance.
Are you getting the necessary leadership you need from your upline to help you advance in your business?
If you’re not, then you need to ask yourself a serious question, “When do I need to do something about it?”
Here’s the best part, we all have the ability to make a decision in our life. We can continue to suffer and make excuses or we can get up in this world and make a difference.
I don’t need to tell you where I stand.
Are ready to overcome your adversities just like Richard Branson?
What was one of your adversities you feel great about overcoming in your home business?
Looking forward to hearing what you have to say.
Jerome Ratliff
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Hey Jerome,
Some of my favorite quotes are from sports figures about how they didn’t know how many times they did something right, but they knew how many times they did something wrong. Was is the 1,000 games they won, or the 150 they lost that made them successful. Everyone is going to experience failures, but how you deal with them will ultimately determine the outcome.
Good stuff,
Eric
P.S. I’m gonna have to get that Branson book tonight.
Eric, you’re right.
Everyone will experience failures, it’s how you deal with that determines your outcome.
Thanks for sharing that.
Jerome Ratliff
Hey Jerome,
Yeah, Richard Branson is a great role model, I like him because he has had to work hard to get to where he is and also appears to be approachable and grounded.
I done an IT contract for one of his Virgin businesses here in the UK a couple years ago, and I can say that was one of the best places I have worked in – period!
Great post my friend.
Wayne Vassell, signing out…
Wow, that is awesome Wayne – you being able to work within the confines of the Virgin business must have been a great experience.
I learned something new about you. Thanks for sharing that story with me.
Jerome Ratliff
Hey Jerome
I always remember hearing the story of the man with no shoes, and it is easy to feel bad for him, but what about the man with no feet!
I have read RBs book (great book people, go read if you haven’t) it is very inspiring. It does make you think, ‘damn, if he went through that and made it to where he is, surely I can get at least a quarter of the way’
Great post Jerome
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Dwayne
Hey there Dwayne,
Nice, you read it too. I love this book and I learned a lot from RB.
Have a great weekend,
Jerome Ratliff
Thanks for sharing this, Jerome!
Richard Branson is definitely an inspiration.
Anytime Derek.
Yeah, Richard Branson is the man we all can learn from.
Jerome Ratliff
Hey Jerome,
I love learning from individuals that don’t let an obstacle hold them back. Not only they overcome. They surpass it! This is a great story and anyone who hasn’t pick up that book you should.
Have a great weekend…
Josh
How is it going Josh?
So do I bud. They inspire me to do great things.
Have a GREAT weekend too…
Jerome Ratliff
Whoa, I have had my share of problems, but my whole life I have enjoyed reading and writing about, well, anything I guess.
I don’t know what I would do if I had to face a learning disability. I know what my advice would be to anyone who has one,
“A disability is an opportunity to become able”.
I am going to read that book. I am a sucker for stories of overcoming adversity.
Love Dwayne’s saying:
“I always remember hearing the story of the man with no shoes, and it is easy to feel bad for him, but what about the man with no feet!”
Totally, some days I look back on my how I got where I am… and wow…
People give up too soon.
Yeah, I liked Dwayne’s response too.
I’m right there with you J.
I am grateful for the journey too.
Jerome Ratliff
Man, great minds must truly think alike. Dwayne and Jason had the exact same comment.
Don’t like how that works out.
I guess you’re on the same wavelength as them.
Jerome Ratliff