A Key to Success: Choosing the Hard Way

Many people want to live a successful life. Not many, however, are willing to pay the price.
I have read the stories of many great people, and they all share common characteristics. In particular, there is one principle that I believe they all follow, whether they realize it or not. The principle is this:
Choose the hard way
Yes, choose the hard way. When given the choice between the easy way and the hard way, great people consistently choose the hard way.
A good example is Colonel Sanders, the founder of Kentucky Fried Chicken. He once had a successful restaurant. Life was good for him. But one day the government moved the highway junction in front of his restaurant to another site. As a result, the traffic to his restaurant plummeted. It went so bad that he eventually had to sell his restaurant. Worse, he was already 66 years old at that time.
The easy way for him was to just blame the situation and do nothing. The hard way was to go selling his fried chicken door-to-door, even if that means sleeping in his car.
He chose the hard way. He kept knocking on doors despite many rejections. He endured having to sleep in his car. He paid the price and eventually built Kentucky Fried Chicken.
Another example is Theodore Roosevelt. In fact, there are so many examples in his life that it’s difficult for me to choose. But I’ll choose this one: his bravery in the Spanish-American War.
In 1898, the Spanish-American War broke out. Roosevelt was Assistant Secretary of the Navy at that...

Source: Life Optimizer - October 19, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Donald Latumahina Tags: Attitude Source Type: blogs