My new partnership opportunity is falling apart, unfulfilled. It had such promise, the lost opportunity weighs heavily on my soul. Surprisingly, I am finding solace in parts 7, 11 and 14 of Napoleon Hill’s 17 Principles Of Personal Achievement.
Self-Discipline - The ability to control our
thoughts and emotions, self-discipline is the only thing in life over which you have complete, unchallenged, and unchallengeable control.
My partner and I disagreed in our thinking and in our vision, but decisions made are decisions obeyed. There is no animosity, only good will. Whether other less demanding enterprises are possible remains to be seen.
Learning from Adversity and Defeat - Hardship and adversity are a common language of nature in which she speaks to all living creatures and teaches them many things they would not learn in any other way.
We don’t get everything we want, thank goodness, but that doesn’t make it any easier to sleep at night. Other opportunities eventually come, and we are stronger and better prepared.
Accurate Thinking - The accurate thinker recognizes all the facts of life, both good and bad, and assumes the responsibility of separating and organizing the two, choosing those which serve his/her needs and rejecting others.
Which is exactly why the partnership did not work out at this time, under these circumstances. But circumstances change, so we’ll see if the door simply is closing or is already locked.
