ABSTRACT

The message of this chapter is that you can use earlier adversity to improve the quality of your life . By being wise enough not to repeat others' mistakes, otherwise negative outcomes can be avoided. Firsthand exposure to bad manners can lead to a better assurance of a happier existence. Use adversity to work for you; welcome it as an opportunity to point yourself in a more fruitful direction. Reshuffle the cards and deal yourself a better hand that gives you more resources to allow you to enhance, rather than handicap, the momentum of your life. See that you control more of the variables of and the options to your future than you once did. Learn how to set your own good example by finding the good that lies in the opposite of what was originally bad.