Morning Motivator - Resilience

"Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall."
-Confucius

I, like many others, am guilty of having a perfection complex.  I want to be perfect, everyday on every task, all the time.  The challenge is that often my pursuit of being a "perfectionist" causes delays in processes, missed opportunities and a number of non-perfect results.  More interestingly, I try to be perfect and control areas of our life that I have no control over.  How can one be perfect if you cannot control all the aspects of the situation?  Is this not a setup for consistent disappointment?

If you are challenged as I am, then I propose this – be RESILIANT!  Engage your self-confidence and knowingly accept you inability to be perfect everyday at every moment.  By the grace of God – you are internally a complete and perfect person as you are today.  Your external pursuit is to relate that confidence and grace into an accepting and resilient person.  Resilience is simply the pursuit of perfection and the unwillingness to accept defeat.   I believe I would rather be resilient than perfect… this allows one to be better equipped for managing the moments when "life happens".

Today – do not measure your success by your accomplishments from your first efforts, rather measure your accomplishments derived from your resilience to pursue the second, third and fourth efforts.  If you get kicked in the teeth in a situation, get up, stand up and stick your head right back in there!  This is the true test of character and your ability to achieve success.  Be the champion of your future…be RESILIENT!

Zachary Barker
BlackBerryGuy Division Manager
NationLink Wireless - "The BlackBerryGuys"
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