QUESTION – Can someone emerge from a hopeless situation and how do they do it?
ANSWER: Yes, absolutely. There are countless examples of this throughout history. One of the greatest discoveries I made in my research of the great entrepreneurs is that people could accomplish amazing, incredible things despite having the odds stacked against them. Thomas Edison, as a child, struggled a great deal in school and only attended for about three months. His teacher said he was mentally confused., and he went on to become one of the greatest inventors of our time and a good entrepreneur as well. Richard Branson, a multibillion-dollar entrepreneur with over three hundred and fifty companies under his control was a high school dropout, and he has dyslexia. Examples abound beyond entrepreneurialism… Abraham Lincoln was born in a one-room cabin in rural Kentucky, lost his mother at the age of nine and was not close with his father, and he went on to become one of the greatest U.S. Presidents. Oprah Winfrey was born into poverty and was passed from family member to family member as she grew up. She was sexually abused at the age of 14 and became pregnant and delivered a son who only lived for two weeks, and yet she went on to become one of the most successful media stars in history.
The important take-away is that your past, your perceived weaknesses and your mistakes do not determine your future. You actually have the potential for an amazing future when you can take your past, your perceived weaknesses and mistakes and use those things in alignment with God’s plans to accomplish great things. The bible says that, “we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him…”. For many people though, it is very hard to disconnect the way they see themselves in light of their background and environment. In Do Great Things, I go to great lengths to expose this false paradigm and create awareness about what is possible in people’s lives.
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