You’ll Do It When You’re Forced To

“Hardships, poverty and wants are the best incentives, and the best foundation, for the success of man.” -Bradford Merrill

There is a great deal of truth to this statement.

Though not all of the challenges we face in life will be met with open arms, they can be the very things that put our lives on a course to success. Those “bumps in the road” can become the motivation that is necessary to make something better.

If I never got fired from my job back in December of 2006 then I would not be working full-time from home right now. I would still be broke, working 40 hours a week, living paycheck to paycheck.

If there was no contrast, no good and bad, in situations, where would we find incentive to do something else? Do you remember your first job? What was it?

Perhaps you had a newspaper route and you used your bicycle, delivering papers at the crack of dawn. Maybe you were a babysitter for neighborhood children or you may even have walked dogs. [Continue Reading]