Why Adversity is Your Greatest Ally With Michael Taylor

<p>Coach Michael Taylor is an entrepreneur, author, motivational speaker and radio show host who has dedicated his life to empowering men and women to reach their full potential.</p> <p>He knows first hand how to overcome adversity and build a rewarding and fulfilling life and he is sharing his knowledge and wisdom with others to support them in creating the life of their dreams.</p> <h2>Favorite Success Quote</h2> <p>"There is no coming to consciousness without pain. People will do anything, no matter how absurd, in order to avoid facing their own Soul. One does not become enlightened by imagining figures of light, but by making the darkness conscious." ~Carl Jung</p> <h2>Key Points</h2> <p><strong>1. What You Focus on Expands</strong></p> <p>What you focus on will expand, and if you aren't intentional about what you are focusing on, you may wake up and realize that you don't like the life that you have created.</p> <p>If you set the wrong goals and focused on the wrong things, you may wake up one day, wealthy, healthy, with plenty of "notches" on your belt and completely miserable.</p> <p>Instead of focusing on being wealthy, focus on first being happy.</p> <p>Instead of focusing on becoming the next Arnold, focus on being comfortable in your body and feeling alive and energetic when you wake up.</p> <p>Instead of focusing on sleeping with loads of women, focus on deeply connecting with many women.</p> <p>Be intentional about where you set your focus.</p> <p>If you aren't, you are setting yourself up for failure.</p> <p><strong>2. Use Life's Challenges as Stepping Stones</strong></p> <p>Challenges are a chance for you to learn and grow.</p> <p>Instead of seeing them as this negative and terrible thing, choose to view challenges as an opportunity for you to mold yourself into the man that you want to be.</p> <p>See them as a way that you can strengthen yourself and equip yourself for the future.</p> <p>If you approach every challenge with this attitude, you will find that challenges become fun.</p> <p>They become something you look forward to, not something that you dread.</p> <p><strong>3. You are 100% Responsible for Your Life</strong></p> <p>Until you accept this truth, you will never achieve success.</p> <p>If you have the technology to read this article and listen to this podcast right now and you are not where you want to be in life, it is your fault.</p> <p>End of story.</p> <p>If you are out of shape, in a miserable relationship (or no relationship), broke, or unhappy, it is your fault and no one else's.</p> <p>You have the power in every moment to take responsibility for yourself and make the changes necessary to become the person you want.</p> <p><strong>4. Leave Your Comfort Zone Far Behind</strong></p> <p>Life is not lived in your comfort zone.</p> <p>It is lived whenever you are out to sea with no shore in sight, no boat, and no clue what is going on.</p> <p>Life is lived whenever you do things that scare you half to death and make you question yourself.</p> <p>Whenever you are willing to take the leap, jump off the edge, and build an airplane on the way down.</p> <p>The more you get out of your comfort zone, the more you will uncover your own strength and the quicker you will achieve your goals.</p> <p><strong>5. You Must Have a Positive Mental Attitude </strong></p> <p>Look, life can suck.</p> <p>It's that simple, there will be days when nothing goes right, when the world seems like it is conspiring against you to make your life a living hell.</p> <p>It is during times like these that your attitude is everything.</p> <p>You have to maintain a positive focus and be willing to see the good in every situation.</p> <p>If you can do this, any adversity will become something positive, and there is no limit to what you can achieve.</p>