Turned Into A Good Thing

The assignment I have been given asks me “Can any obstacle or disadvantage be turned into something good?” I believe this statement to be mostly true. Although I think that most things can be turned into something good, I would not go so far as to say that “any” thing can be turned into good. One of the only things that I can think of that can not be turned into good is your own death. Even though other peoples deaths can benefit you, your own death will not benefit you the majority of the time. I took a class in my second semester of college, it was called “Failure, Change and Integrity”. The class dealt with how to accept failure and in that class I realized that failure is actually a good thing. It means you have actually set a goal for yourself and did not achieve that goal, while failing give a bad feeling it means that you tried. The bad feeling that you get is somewhat a good thing. It makes it so that you do not want to feel that feeling again and thus try to succeed next time you try the task. The obstacles that you face, whether you defeat them or not only strengthens your resolve. …show more content…
While this is obviously done on purpose in order to illustrate the point of the assignment, it gets the point across. That when life give give you lemons, make lemonade. Turn that weakness into your greatest strength. One example I can think of is how children of immigrants can be one of the biggest success stories. They are taught by their parents that hard work is the key to success. While immigrants are working hard struggling to put food on their table, their kids are watching the struggle absorbing it and feeding on it. They are going many obstacles growing up therefore are strengthened and learn the importance of hard work. Children of immigrants are the number one demographic when it comes to successful entrepreneurs. The difficulties they faced in their childhood was a good thing it bred them for