Inspirational stories of successful people who have seen several setbacks and rock bottoms in their lives and careers have always been relishing for us. Recovering from the setbacks, the breakdown and the depth of failure is essentially the influential part of the story. Their life stories, the highs, and lows in their careers, their capability to revert back to life, and their words of wisdom have been a strong motivational force for millions around the world. People like Steve Jobs, Walt Disney, J. K. Rowling, Mark Zukerberg remind us to be ourselves and trust the process when the times are tough. Let’s have a look at how these inspirational figures who have been the best of their times and what they can teach us to sustain and excel in our careers and life.
Find Peace In Yourself
In any given situation, especially the one where you find yourself in the depths of failure in your career, there is only one person who can encourage you to buck up and restart. And if you start doubting that folk, chances are you will go deeper in despair. That person is no other but you. No matter how many times you fail a business or lose a job or people are unable to see your potential, such streaks of defeat are never there to define you rather motivate you and keep you going. Always have positive thoughs about yourself and never stoop to the level of self-sabotage.
Find The Sense Of Liberation In Your Loss
The question is how losing your dream employment or a hard-owned business can give you a sense of liberation? Well, that is only possible if you prepare your mind to transit from misery to freedom as early as possible and make use of the potential opportunities that are coming your way. Since you have nothing to lose and there is no deadweight of any delusions holding you back from your previous job, the only thing you can look forward to is yourself and your future planning. Invest time in creating your new identity, developing new skills, and outreach people for vast networking. This will help you embrace the new role, your career offers you in the long run.
Never Doubt Your Sixth Sense
Our instincts, the gut feeling are programmed like our brains, containing around a million neurons and when these neurons signal you to follow them, just do it. Although, the reasoning is the most trusted friend of yours in life and in your career, without institution, or nonconscious biases, our knowledge of life and work will be incomplete.
Always Move Upwards & Onwards
Even after hitting rock bottom in your career, there is no point in looking at the setback for longer. It cannot give you anything other than the anxiety of an uncertain future. Simply learn from your mistakes and move forward. Time is precious and it’s better to use it to contemplate what could have been done differently or where things went wrong rather than feeling sorry and demoralized about yourself. Secondly, in the business sector and the corporate world, if you don’t have exceptional knowledge or skills, you are easily replaceable, so better work on learning new skills rather than wasting time on your loss.
Professional setbacks are common. They tend to happen when you are trying new adventures in your career and business. The difference is that when successful people face such hurdles in their lives, they don’t have self-doubt, their sense of purpose remains unshaken, so is their sense of self. And that is the best lesson we can learn from their harsh experiences.