Spotlight on Inspiration

Mar 3, 2023

In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity, I am a firm believer in this.

Throughout my life as a daughter, sister, wife, mother and business owner, I have personally and repeatedly experienced the importance of mindset and perseverance in achieving success and overall happiness.

I’ve learned that as difficult as times may be, you need to persevere. In order to get past the toughest times our mindset should reflect positively on our goals and the journey ahead as often as possible - it's crucial to keep a positive attitude and focus on the end result.

Then little by little, day by day the path becomes a bit more clear and you approach a bit closer to your goals and objectives.

I’m a big believer in the saying ‘Success is not the absence of failure; it's the persistence through failure’ and it's something that I try to remind myself of constantly. As much as failure can be disheartening, it's also completely necessary in order to eventually succeed!

Here are seven quotes that may help to inspire you to take one more step, especially on days when you don't really feel like it.

"Your positive action combined with positive thinking results in success." - Shiv Khera
"It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop." - Confucius
"The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall." - Nelson Mandela
"You are responsible for your own happiness. If you expect others to make you happy, you will always be disappointed." - Anonymous
"Successful people do what unsuccessful people are not willing to do. Don't wish it were easier, wish you were better." - Jim Rohn
"Successful people take responsibility for their actions and the consequences that come with them." - Brian Tracy
"Success is not the absence of failure; it's the persistence through failure." - Aisha Tyler

The Moving Forward Newsletter is a bi-weekly advice column by Kim Peterson Stone, the CEO of Linkability.us where we give you a peek behind the curtains into what it takes to put together campaigns that help you grow your business and career on LinkedIn and in Real Life.

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