"When you reach an obstacle, turn
it into an opportunity. You have the choice. You can overcome and be a winner,
or you can allow it to overcome you and be a loser. The choice is yours and
yours alone. Refuse to throw in the towel. Go that extra mile that failures
refuse to travel. It is far better to be exhausted from success than to be
rested from failure." - Mary Kay Ash, founder of Mary Kay Cosmetics
One of the differences between leaders
and followers is the ability to convert their threats into opportunities. In fact, leaders see the big picture, and
understand very well that life is full of complexity and ambiguity. There are certain things beyond the control
of human beings, and the leaders are experts in controlling and managing those
factors and forces, and act as per the situation to convert their threats into
opportunities.
Leaders are optimists by nature. For them, optimism is their friend and
pessimism is their foe. They have the ability to look at things positively. In
addition, all leaders will not have all strengths, and they have weaknesses too
like any other human beings. But they
understand their strengths and weaknesses, and know how to work on their
weaknesses and correct themselves. They
know how to convert their weaknesses into strengths. They know how to delegate
their weaknesses to their subordinates, and get the things done. They know how to build confidence among their
people. They know how to build their
teams based on the strengths and weaknesses of the members to leverage their
strengths and minimize their weaknesses.
All human beings have both positive
and negative energies. People often
think that all leaders have positive energies completely. The fact is that
leaders channel their negative energies positively and leverage for the benefit
of others. Hence, learn to look at the door that is opened rather than the one
that is closed. Here is a sage advice from Winston Churchill: “The pessimist
sees the difficulty in every opportunity; the optimist sees the opportunity in
every difficulty.”
"Everything is either an
opportunity to grow or an obstacle to keep you from growing. You get to
choose."- Dr. Wayne Dyer
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