we should actually be extremely grateful that some things don't work out the way we once wanted them to when we get rejected or we fail or things don't go our way, we feel the further away from our goal, but sometimes, it's in those moments that we have the greatest opportunity to reflect, refuel and refocus.  

  

So, I got laid off because of budget, and at that time, I was worked ten years to get this job, that was one of the hardest things for me because I've always had this... I've always fought to try to belong to something and trying to be good enough, and here is something that I worked so hard to be and then to be told that you're not good enough for this, and that destroyed me, it destroyed I and I went home crying, not knowing what I was going to do with my life,  

  

it's in those moments that feel like the death of our dreams that our truest potential is actually taking birth, if the door doesn't open, it's not your door, often, we're trying to climb ladders that are not ours to climb is your dream really your dream? are you chasing what you truly want?  

  

let's look at the layoff for what it was, it was time to go for you, and sometimes, man, we don't jump, sometimes we get pushed, you can't find work, how to do you stay motivated? let's look at this for what it is, there's obviously something that you should be doing instead of what you were doing, but what you're trying to do is go back and get something similar to what you were doing when obviously the sign for you was to move on and do something else, so now let I ask you this, what is your gift?  

  

I remember one of my mentors telling me that in our pain, we find our greatest power, success is not built on the success, it's built on failure, it's built on the frustration, it's built on fears that you have to overcome, sometimes it takes a good fall to really know where you stand.  

  

So, I sit down on my couch and I'm like, okay, well, what are my skills? I play music and I do graphic design on the side and I teach a little bit of yoga and here's like a job that paid the bills, that was good, so I started going into graphic design, trying to get little jobs to cover my mortgage, which there's no way that that's going to happen so I had to rent out my house and move, and I decided to teach yoga, I said, I don't care, this is what really makes me happy, and I've been on that journey to understanding self, the spiritual journey, to understanding myself for three years as a teacher, four years total, so I moved to L.A. and started teaching full-time, and then now I'm here.  

  

every time we think we're being rejected from something good. Remember, we're just being redirected to something better.  

  

sometimes horrible things happen to good people, life isn't fair and it can be heart wrenching, and if you're having one of those dark days, it's okay, it's okay to feel that darkness when challenges and issues come back to back to back to back and it seems like something is after me, something is attacking me, something is attacking my journey, look for the lesson in it all, you will grow through what you go through, the question is, are you willing to go through It?  

  

when things go wrong, they always seem to happen at once, and they just compound on top of each other, and it's pretty easy sometimes to feel beaten when you're faced with all those issues and all those problems and they all hit you at the same time, but, let me tell you that that doesn't mean give up, in fact, it means the opposite, it means it's time for you to fight harder, to dig in, it means it's time for you to go on the warpath, and that starts with one of the fundamental laws of combat leadership, prioritize and execute, what's the biggest problem? but what's causing the most stress? Family? Okay, sit them down, explain where you are at, be blunt, be upfront, and then give them the simple plan of how you're going to get things back on track, don't sugarcoat it, you give it to him straight, next, you've got some late payments, call those creditors up, explain to them what's going on, set up some kind of a low of a minimum payment plan so you can start making some progress and get them off your back,  

  

and then you get started, and I'm going to tell you right now, it won't be easy, it will be hard because life is hard, that's what life is, and these challenges, the challenges that you face, they're going to do their best to take you down, do not let them, stand up, dig in, line up those problems and confront them, face them, fight them, and not let them bring you down, in fact, let those challenges raise you up, let them elevate you, let their demands and their trials make you stronger, let the adversity you face today, turn you into a better person tomorrow, so, in the future, you look back at these struggles and you say to them, thank you made me better.

20 inspirational quotes for work and self-motivation at work  

1_ Don't be disappointed if people refuse to help you. remember the words of Einstein  

" I am thankful to all those who said no. because of them, I did it myself. " 

 

2_ Stop saying I WISH, start saying I WILL. 

 

3_ If your dreams don’t scare you, they are too small. Richard Branson 

 

4_ take the risk or lose the chance. 

 

5_ The plan doesn’t work, change the plan but NEVER the goals. 

 

6_ A negative mind will never give you a positive life. 

 

7_ The expert in anything was once a beginner. 

 

8_ Success is never owned it is rented, and the rent is due every day. 

 

9_ The only way to do great work is to love what you do. 

 

10_ It always seems impossible until it's done. 

 

11_ If you are the smartest person in the room, you are in the wrong room.  

 

12_ If we wait until we are ready, we will be waiting for the rest of our lives. 

 

13_ Be a good person but don’t waste time to prove it 

 

14_ I have not failed i've just found 10000 ways that won't work. 

 

15_ Don’t tell people your plans, show them your results. 

 

16_ If you don’t like where you are, move. you are not a tree. 

 

17_ Be happy with what you have while working for what you want. Hellen Keller 

 

18_ The secret of change is to focus all of your energy, not on fighting the old, but on building the new.  Socrates   

 

19_ Stay away from negative people, they have a problem for every solution. Albert Einstein  

 

20_ Losers quit when they fail, winners fail when they succeed. Robert T Kiyosaki

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