Follow My Way is one of my favorites. It describes the idea that a person's true strengths and positive sides are really found more in their weaknesses and their trying times, than in their greatest successes or brightest moments. You're receiving accolades and people are patting you on the back, but the moments that define you as a person are when you're in really bad circumstances. When there's been deaths, there's been a really serious problem in your relationship, or you've lost yourself as a person. That's when you have to be strong and rise to the occasion.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- A person is character is defined by how they handle bad circumstances rather than their successes.
- In plain terms
- Hard times reveal who you really are.
- What can you take from it?
- Focus on how you rise during crises to define yourself.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- How do you respond to failure?
- When have you risen to the occasion?
Another view
Success can also define character.
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