Quickly Back Up

"The difference between success and failure is not in how many
times you get knocked down. The difference is in how quickly
you get back up.

High achievers experience at least as many setbacks as
everyone else, and often quite a few more. Yet they refuse
to let those setbacks stop them.

There are plenty of things that can come along to ruin your
plans, and many of them are impossible to avoid. You don't
have to let those things ruin your day, or your attitude, or
your determination to move forward.

In fact, the more life pushes against you, the more clearly
you'll see and understand how to push ahead. When you so
choose, you can transform every setback into a new
opportunity.

When the situation changes unexpectedly, choose to quickly
adjust. Somewhere in all that change there is valuable
energy that you can harness and put to good use.

When you get knocked down, get back up quickly. You'll very
likely see a new way forward that you had never noticed
before."

Ralph Marston