{"id":307,"date":"2008-11-21T21:24:59","date_gmt":"2008-11-22T01:24:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.eyoungwon.com\/journal\/?p=307"},"modified":"2008-11-21T21:24:59","modified_gmt":"2008-11-22T01:24:59","slug":"how-to-transform-adversity-into-an-advantage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eyoungwon.com\/journal\/how-to-transform-adversity-into-an-advantage\/","title":{"rendered":"How to transform adversity into an advantage:"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Things don&#8217;t go wrong and break your heart so you can become b \t \t \t \t \t \t \t \t&lt;!&#8211; \t\t@page { size: 8.5in 11in; margin: 0.79in } \t\tH2 { margin-top: 0.19in; margin-bottom: 0.19in; page-break-after: auto } \t\tH2.western { font-family: &#8220;Thorndale AMT&#8221;, serif } \t\tH2.cjk { font-family: &#8220;Albany AMT&#8221; } \t\tH2.ctl { font-family: &#8220;Albany AMT&#8221; } \t\tP { margin-bottom: 0.08in } \t\tA:link { color: #0000ff } \t&#8211;&gt;<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 0.21in;\"><span style=\"color: #ff00ff;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">&#8220;Things don&#8217;t go wrong and break your heart so you can become bitter and give up. They happen to break you down and build you up so you can be all that you were intended to be.&#8221;<br \/>\n~ Charles &#8220;Tremendous&#8221; Jones<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"western\" style=\"line-height: 0.21in;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times,serif;\">How to transform adversity into an advantage:<\/span><\/span><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0.19in; margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 0.21in;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times,serif;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Take \tACTION to improve your <\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/thinktq.com\/ENERGY\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times,serif;\">ENERGY<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times,serif;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"> level&#8230; both physically and mentally. If your body gives out, you \thave few alternatives for a happy ending. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 0.21in;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times,serif;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Take \tACTION to <\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/thinktq.com\/PRIORITIZE\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times,serif;\">PRIORITIZE<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times,serif;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"> your life around your personal <\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/thinktq.com\/MISSION\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times,serif;\">MISSION<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times,serif;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">. \tImproving your sense of purpose and mission will give you the \tstrength to see through the dark to the light. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 0.21in;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times,serif;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Take \tACTION to improve your <\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/thinktq.com\/ATTITUDE\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times,serif;\">ATTITUDE<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times,serif;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">&#8230; \tbecause if you permit the negatives to gang up on you, you not only \tlose heart, you lose hope. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 0.21in;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times,serif;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Take \tACTION to create a specific <\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/thinktq.com\/GOALs\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times,serif;\">GOAL<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times,serif;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"> for moving beyond the trouble to the treasure. Take out your 1, 5 \tand 15 year Timelines and pen a &#8220;new ending&#8221; to your &#8220;plot \tcomplications!&#8221; <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 0.21in;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times,serif;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Take \tACTION to develop a clear, realistic and time-specific <\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/thinktq.com\/PLANs\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times,serif;\">PLAN<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times,serif;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">. \tCall it a disaster plan&#8230; or a plan for overcoming disaster&#8230; call \tit anything you like, but put it in writing so you can see it, feel \tit and <\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/thinktq.com\/ORGANIZE\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times,serif;\">ORGANIZE<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times,serif;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"> your life around it. Remember, a goal without a plan is merely a \twish without a hope! <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 0.21in;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times,serif;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Take \tACTION to find others to help you&#8230; to create <\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/thinktq.com\/synergize\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times,serif;\">SYNERGISTIC<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times,serif;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"> interdependence and powerful team-building leverage. It is simply \timpossible to &#8220;go it alone&#8221; and hope for a happy outcome. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 0.21in;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times,serif;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Take \tACTION to improve your use of <\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/thinktq.com\/optimize\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times,serif;\">TIME<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times,serif;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">&#8230; \tto live as if each minute matters&#8230; because it does. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0.19in; line-height: 0.21in;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times,serif;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Take <\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/thinktq.com\/actnow\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times,serif;\">ACTION<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times,serif;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"> to get things started&#8230; and to keep them moving in the direction of \tyour dreams and goals\u2014<em>especially<\/em> when things appear \thopeless. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 class=\"western\" style=\"line-height: 0.21in;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times,serif;\">The Message is Clear. <\/span><\/span><\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 0.21in;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times,serif;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>When you become action-oriented, you overcome adversity by stealing power away from fear&#8230; and using that power to conquer your circumstances. Fear kills. Action kills fear.<\/strong> <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 0.21in;\"><span style=\"color: #008080;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times,serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><strong>There are endless possibilities available to help you overcome adversity\u2014both perceived and actual. You must simply take action to find them. <\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 0.21in;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times,serif;\"><span style=\"color: #008080;\">Do this, and you will find yourself moving in the direction of your dreams. Don&#8217;t, and you won&#8217;t. <em>&#8212; E.R. 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