Almost any success story will contain certain familiar ingredients.
It was a long journey to success
There were ups and downs along the way
Persistence, focus and hard work were involved
Some reinvention was needed along the way
When you study these stories, you realize that it takes many years to become an overnight success. If you are going through challenges in your journey, take some of the lessons from successful people you admire who kept on going despite challenges, hurdles and obstacles.
Best-selling authors, businesspeople, athletes, philanthropists, inventors, talk-show hosts and even prophets have dealt with enormous challenges and failures. This confirms that persistence applies to all walks of life. These challenges, when met with vision, clarity and persistence, are the stepping stones J.K. Rowling was a single mother, lost her job, went through divorce and experienced depression before she went on to shatter all bookselling records with her Harry Potter series.