Achieving Success Through Defeat When you think of successfu
Achieving Success Through Defeat When you think of successful people, you tend to focus on their accomplishments—with little thought given to their failures along the way. The reality is that those who achieve success also leave a wake of disappointments behind them. In the song The Measure of a Man, written by Elton John, the lyric shares a striking irony: “You [have] to lose to win.” Click on the links to read various examples of individuals\' achievements and how they displayed resilience despite their failures: Michael Jordan Behind the Hustle In His Own Words Angela Bachiller Beating the Odds Robin Emmons A Food Desert Hero Helen Keller Overcoming Obstacles Srinivasa Ramanujan Number Genius After reading these articles, discuss the following: Identify a fear that has prevented you from achieving a desired goal. Discuss a time when you overcame a fear and that led to growth or success. Based on your own experience(s), what you read about the individuals above, and what you learned from the activities you participated in this week, share at least 2 strategies that you and your classmates can use when encountering difficulties in your educational journeys. https://youtu.be/45mMioJ5szc
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Overcoming Obstacles:
There is common saying \"Failures are the stepping stone to success\"...
Helen keller, despite losing her sight and sound, graduated a formal degreea and became a great speaker and author. She had the courage and consistent hard work to over come her obstacles and be like a normal human being.
Mahmud of Ghazni tries to conquere india and failed 17 times, and he succeded the 18th time, therefore we should never give up or get discouraged by failure.
Oprah Winfrey is another great inspiration, who has over come all the obstacles that life threw her way, and became a succesful person.
Other legends like Robin Emmons, srinivasa ramanujan, the great indian mathematician are great inspiration for facing challenges in life and coming up in life with flying color, inspiring a lot of people and taking part in the history for the decades to follow.
To mention about my fear, i have the fear to address a gathering on stage, in simple words, i have stage fear which i am very much trying to overcome. I realized that, to overcome my stage fear and deliver a good public speech, i need to build my self confidence,enrich my knowledge and be more social.
Building my self confidence is an internal factor which completely rely on my mindset. i should start respecting myself and become more courageous. I should learn to be an optimist.
To enrich my knowledge i should start reading a lot of books and follow great legends lifestyle and sayings.
And to be more social, i should start interacting with more people and understand about people.
By following these, i think i would become a bold public speaker.
Being self confident and Never giving up are the two strategies to over come fear and be successful in life.
\"Obstacles does not block the path, they are the path\"
