What is the best thing that has ever happened personally? Meeting a spouse? Becoming a parent? Some breakthrough moment of career success? Positivity and success are both aspirations we all strive for throughout life, but quickly realize that we cannot have those without trauma or suffering in some form. Trauma is often associated with death, accidents, and negativity; but, it does not have to be. In the article “Do You Really Have to Fail to Succeed?” Dan McGinn states that “We, as a society, should recognize that trauma can offer an opportunity to test our resilience and then celebrate our mettle” (McGinn, Dan). While some people bounce back from adversity easily than others, every person gains something in the process. With that being said,
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Suffering, like success, can be interpreted differently depending on the individual; people deal with suffering in different ways therefore, suffering can also potentially lead to failure. Failure shouldn’t always be viewed as a bad thing. Like most people, we may have a bad relationship with failure. We see it as an ending, as proof that our plan didn’t succeed or our ideas weren’t good enough. The truth is, failure happens to everyone. Donald Latumahina states in his article, “3 Reasons Why Failure is the Key to Success,” that
“The only thing that separates people who succeed from those who don’t is a proper understanding of the power of failure. Success requires that you learn from mistakes and missteps along the way rather than falling into despair and giving up” (Latumahina, Donald).
As Latumahina states, failure often affects people negatively leading to them giving up. All too often, people fail, react negatively, and turn to addiction or other unpleasant things. People do not take into consideration that failure is a function of trying, failure builds character, and success lies in seeing failure as a tool …show more content…
Whether or not they live in a low socioeconomic area or a wealthy community… the area in which one resides is going to affect them, positively or negatively. Jill Suttie, author of “Can Suffering Lead to Success?” she states: “In some communities, people are routinely exposed to traumatic events—most notably the poor who live in dangerous, violent neighborhoods or in war-torn regions of the world” (Suttie, Jill). When people are exposed to such environments, they are likely to appear more pessimistic and deal with sufferings negatively versus if someone is exposed to communities that are bonded together closely.
Swati Gupta tells of a story of a young, successful man who overcame hardships as early as 1530 AD, in his article “Suffering Leads to Success – A Short Story.” In the short story he tells how Zahir-ud-Din Babar was a conqueror from Central Asia who, following a series of setbacks, finally succeeded in laying the basis for the Mughal dynasty in the Indian subcontinent and became the first Mughal emperor (Gupta, Swati). This just goes to show that hardships, setbacks, and suffering has led to success for many years and will continue to do so. Gupta states
Suffering, like success, can be interpreted differently depending on the individual; people deal with suffering in different ways therefore, suffering can also potentially lead to failure. Failure shouldn’t always be viewed as a bad thing. Like most people, we may have a bad relationship with failure. We see it as an ending, as proof that our plan didn’t succeed or our ideas weren’t good enough. The truth is, failure happens to everyone. Donald Latumahina states in his article, “3 Reasons Why Failure is the Key to Success,” that
“The only thing that separates people who succeed from those who don’t is a proper understanding of the power of failure. Success requires that you learn from mistakes and missteps along the way rather than falling into despair and giving up” (Latumahina, Donald).
As Latumahina states, failure often affects people negatively leading to them giving up. All too often, people fail, react negatively, and turn to addiction or other unpleasant things. People do not take into consideration that failure is a function of trying, failure builds character, and success lies in seeing failure as a tool …show more content…
Whether or not they live in a low socioeconomic area or a wealthy community… the area in which one resides is going to affect them, positively or negatively. Jill Suttie, author of “Can Suffering Lead to Success?” she states: “In some communities, people are routinely exposed to traumatic events—most notably the poor who live in dangerous, violent neighborhoods or in war-torn regions of the world” (Suttie, Jill). When people are exposed to such environments, they are likely to appear more pessimistic and deal with sufferings negatively versus if someone is exposed to communities that are bonded together closely.
Swati Gupta tells of a story of a young, successful man who overcame hardships as early as 1530 AD, in his article “Suffering Leads to Success – A Short Story.” In the short story he tells how Zahir-ud-Din Babar was a conqueror from Central Asia who, following a series of setbacks, finally succeeded in laying the basis for the Mughal dynasty in the Indian subcontinent and became the first Mughal emperor (Gupta, Swati). This just goes to show that hardships, setbacks, and suffering has led to success for many years and will continue to do so. Gupta states