#81 Monday Mindset | Fortified By Adversity

The Jumping Point Podcast

𝗖𝗼𝗻𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝗺𝗶𝘀𝗳𝗼𝗿𝘁𝘂𝗻𝗲 𝗯𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗯𝗹𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴; 𝘁𝗼 𝘄𝗵𝗼𝗺 𝗶𝘁 𝗮𝗹𝘄𝗮𝘆𝘀 𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗮𝗶𝗹𝘀, 𝗶𝘁 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘂𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝗳𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗳𝗶𝗲𝘀 – 𝗦𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗰𝗮

Just as fire strengthens steel adversity makes us stronger. The Key to becoming mentally, physically and spiritually resilient is not pain avoidance its acceptance and action. We have to ability to rob misfortune and hardship of its ability to cause suffering when we accept every difficulty as an opportunity to grow.

Our adversities are our individual calls to action and the education earned in overcoming them solidify our ability to withstand future hardship. We no longer manage our life with the single intent of avoiding discomfort.

As Seneca says - I judge you fortunate because you have never lived through misfortune. You have passed though life without an opponent – no one can ever no what you are capable of, not even you.

ACTION ITEMS:

1. Ask yourself “where am I avoiding difficulty and robbing myself of the opportunity to learn what I am capable of? Listen to what story are you telling yourself as to why.
2. Take inventory of the fears surrounding your inability to act. Make a list of each fear by using the statement “I am in fear of…”.
3. Identify the worst possible outcome of each fear and the smallest actions you can begin taking now to make progress.

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