I just failed something I had been working towards for five years. Watching this really helped. I feel ready to try again for the sixth year! Thank you!
I dunno what u r upto but my guts instinct told me that what ever you are upto it's gonna work out at the end . and if incase u sees this comment then i want you to feel at ease and clap for yourself saying “I am grateful and thankful to myself" .. have a good life ahead wherever it may lead to .....
What type of badassery is this?!? This woman is a fucking legend! She's proof that when you fall forward you will always have a cushion underneath waiting for you.
I've failed more this year than in any other year. It's been hard. I've lost so much but at the same time gained so much and learnt so much about myself. I've been an emotional yo yo. Elated one minute. Rock bottom the next. But it's strangely been the best year of my life just because I have learnt so much..
"...let's hear it for rejection!" Love this speech Barbara. You are a natural storyteller and motivator. Thank you for this speech. It is very insightful and motivational. I needed to hear it. I appreciate you!
I failed today. I often beat myself up about messing up because I can’t see past it. I love being good at things. I love succeeding. I have this irrational fear of embarrassment. I don’t want to be bad at anything. But I have the slightest bit of optimism that I will overcome.
What a beautiful speech and what an empathetic woman. I'm at a time where I'm feeling like a failure because I don't have a university education at nearly 25 when all the other people I went to school with are successful working people, and everyone just seems so much better off than me. I have to thank depression and failure too though because without them I don't think I would be as much of a sympathetic person as I am today. Funnily enough failure has also taught me to get up and not give up either so I'm working on my education now. This speech has reminded me that and I will try to keep on that track. Thank you so much for this!
Rejection and Failure are hard for anyone to swallow and no matter how many times we fail, we must get up again. This is very difficult to do but she just explained that it is the key to success--to fail.
WOW, I love Barbara even more now. Thx Barbara! I just went through a lot of racial discrimination and flat out persecution in China for teaching jobs simply because I didn't look the part or because I am a Christian. Your email that you sent really inspired me. Keep up what you're doing, Barbara!
The rejection's sharpened your insights to oppertunity by understanding how the molecules vibrate in our universe. You possess the spirit that binds us all together.
I failed my forensic psychology TMA and i started off great in the beginning and kept failing all the way through but now i researched you barbara and realised im awesome at failure and thats actually something im good at! Which im ok with, before that i done my acting degree got to my BA honours and then failed my masters but then went onto study this course im currently doing ...if i keep failing im bound to succeed, wherever life may take me... thank you🙏🎉
I really appreciate the honesty about her feelings and her humility to mention she had financial help to start her own business, (compared to other "self-made" people). Makes you feel inspired but human at the same time
I love this! I recruit restaurant managers in Mississippi, and this video hits home with me, we fail everyday, but we get back up and go back at it, my word is "Next"... we cannot get bogged down in the No's.
Today I failed at something and the quote " Reward efforts more than results" Just made me see everything in a different light. First it inspires me to try harder and if I fail just to get back up and try harder. :) Thank you so much, you made my day and this week. I felt horrible but now I feel like a weight has lifted off my shoulder.
Amazing talk Barbara. A lot of people take failure like a ton of brick that it take them so long to recover and pick up the pieces and start again. Very enlightening. Thank you.
I love the lessons she shares. I recently read her biography and it was inspiring. Now when I encounter an obstacle or failure I am reminded of how she failed and came out of it... that every rejection / failure was an opportunity to get back up again.
Barbara, I did not read until the 3rd grade as well...May I be a success and mentor like you to those who continue to see themselves as failures vs human.....Many thanks!!!!!
I continue to take xanax everyday because I live with depression. I have turned my back on passion. I don’t know why I am writing this here. Barbara you are an inspiration. And I hope at some point I can be passionate again. Thank You.
I love this. It's absolutely the truth. There is nothing like what comes off of the heels of failure! It has always opened the world of opportunity for me! Really appreciate this.
This years resolution 2021... learning to fail forward 👍😉 This will be a new beginning for me !! Wish me luck ! When things start happening I’ll come back with stories 😊
I'm inspired by your mentioning that getting up from failure and recovering from rejection is what builds success. I watch shark tank on hulu and you are still kind and direct with your communication to entrepreneurs. One day I hope to offer the same gift to those who are where you were, where I am now but not for long.
The most inspiring video I have ever watched. I admire your honesty. Rejection is something I have had to deal with in abundance as well, thank you for sharing your story.
Thank you Barbara for the inspiring talk. I would like to be an enterpreneur but I dont know if any of my ideas are worth their salt; fear of failure is holding me back; I know that once I get over the fear and just act; that would be the starting point.
You made me think of my time studying architecture. Many students thought their ideas were the "golden goose" and didn't share it much. Just get out there and try building on your idea precious Radebe because the world may become better because of it.
nonhlanhla precious Radebe The "right time" will never come, never. Don't over analize it, don't try to think it thru, take your ideas and test them out right away. If you fail just say - ''HA! that was stupid!'' and try another idea or tweak the original one and test it out again... until its working. Only instant action can crush the fear of failure, you cant wait it out or convince yourself into doing it, only instant acton.
My business closed due to COVID last year, but having “failed” many times in my past, I started an online business and now I have a home-business that is doing better than my previous business. I have always lived with idea that ‘what ever happens, sooner or later it turns out, it was the best that could have happened to us’ Believe in yourself
I’ve learned a lot from 2020. Especially when making decisions never make hasty decisions. Leaning from your mistakes is important and I have done so. I hope 2021 will be great. To this with covid or stuck in a remote area remember you will be fine just be positive!
I featured your comments in the beginning of a video, should've asked first but really wanted to make the god damn video fast xD It;s like one of the inspirational comments in the intro. Thanks for writing that!
recently took an L on an investment, watching this is helping me define that L as a dot that will connect to a greater success down the road. Thanks Barbara
holy sht that's right. I first know about what a failure is, or at least what most people think it is, from school. School really fails at what they're supposed do.
Guys this is about Barbara Corcoran. Please google how a man returned to an emptied out home after 2-month hospital stay for COVID. This lady and her team assumed he was going to die so they rented out his apartment and sold all his stuff, and they said its because its a "health hazard" which is a complete BS excuse. They didnt sell his piano but I assure you they tried to sell it on craiglist.
Success and failure. Corcoran has a story of resilient thinking. She definitely bases her success on financial gains. As she told her story the theme that stuck out to me was financial gain, loss of lovers, loss of money, gaining a lover, gaining money. I know the point is that being resilient pays off, but what about those who get us to the finish line. In the story about her friend from Taiwan who went out and contacted old clients telling them they would lose money if they did not sell - convincing many to sell, and then hiring interpreters for the Asians who were entering the market so that she could resale those listings again, was this not a story of manipulation for self-interest. At what point is it ok to blur the lines of ethical business? Do you feel this tactic resembles an honest character? Is it ok to conjure up a false idea in order to make financial gains? Something else that stuck out to me was that she never really gave credit to anyone else for her success. The Nun from hell made her feel like a failure, the lover left her feeling like a loser. But the Nun from hell actually motivated her and the lover that left her gave her money. None of this was acknowledged or appreciated in Corcoran’s speech, and as I listened to her story I felt as if she was all alone and fighting this force of failure all by herself. But I think we know better, if she was not challenged as a kid to do better, and if she never met a guy kind enough to give her the money in the first place, then where would she be? I am just not convinced that her story is as great as it could be, and I think it is due to the lack of recognition due to those who pushed her and or gave to her, so that she could have opportunity. Do you think this lady harbors ill feelings about past relationships, ie. Nun and lover? Do you think she would be more successful now if she never had this Nun as an influence or if she never was left by her first love? Since this theme revolved around money, do you think money is a measure of success?
That Taiwan story was difficult for me to digest as well. It felt so wrong. However I didn’t understand how the Nun influenced her? I understood that she was always mocked for being dyslexic, even by the nun. Also she did say her first lover gave her the money to start. She gave him credit for his input. Financial growth is not the only measure of success but this is her story and this is probably what people want to hear from a businesswoman.
Her book " Use What You’ve Got" Barbara shares her hilarious stories about growing up, getting into trouble, failing miserably, and then starting over again. In each chapter, she comes back to one of her mom’s unconventional lessons, and how it applies in the real world of business. Whatever your calling, the homespun lessons that work for Barbara will help you use what you've got to create success in your life.
Thank you for your talk. I can sure relate to this rejection. I have to get over thinking people stereotype me instantly or if they do I have to focus on my plans.
Thank you! I, too, am a real estate agent and everyday I ask myself if this is the industry for me. (I also had nuns/teachers make negative comments to and about me.) Your encouragement is well received.
Don't be an ass. Carey Chiang is Barbara's icon for ignoring rejection (Which this wasn't.) People like you can find rejection in the highest compliments. How do you do it? Besides, a chinese accent has not a race issue.
@@havek23 People say that beauty is in the eye of the beholder. I wish people thought "racism is in the mind of the beholder". We'd all be a bit more humble.
@@havek23 Barbara specifically stated in a later speech given the same year as the Ted Talk that she discussed telling the story BEFOREHAND with Carey Chiang and asked her if she could imitate her accent, and Carey enthusiastically said "YES!" Carey and Barbara are very close friends and Barbara would never do anything that was insulting to her. She used the accent not to mock how Carey speaks but to capture her full personality and to make a point about not judging a book by its cover (i.e. many white people might assume that an immigrant with a heavy accent is not good at business).
Great talk, because anybody can succeed given everything - right family, right guidance, right school, country, time, etc. But who are those who can succeed when there is hardship, pain, tears, and failure after failure after failure ... I will. How about you?
Dualshock Do you only measure success in money? I turned down extremely well-paid jobs to be a success in my life, which, to me, is being the best at who I am and doing the best I can with who I am. It's a never ending process, so I never consider that I've reached some goal - or, rather, the goal is in the process.
You are very very right in that.... my life has been so different from everybody else's, growing up in poverty, around alcoholics and drug addicts, in an abusive home, moving about and sleeping on the streets and working as a child... then getting adopted, then moving from country to country with only my workaholic dad, never being able to find my ground... yet I'm still here and fighting. What you wrote helped me a lot and gave me even more determination. Thank you.
I lost little money in the market today, after which the market went the way I wanted it to go. If only if I had hope on myself. Needed this :). In my loss I am winning.
I failed at something today. I searched "failure" on RUclips and found this. Barb you cut my "feel sorry for myself" time by 90%. thank you
Same here man
I'm you today. I hope all been doing great for you!
Same
Me too.
Same here!
It's always inspiring to hear success stories from people who have failed, not once or twice, but many.
I just failed something I had been working towards for five years. Watching this really helped. I feel ready to try again for the sixth year! Thank you!
I dunno what u r upto but my guts instinct told me that what ever you are upto it's gonna work out at the end . and if incase u sees this comment then i want you to feel at ease and clap for yourself saying “I am grateful and thankful to myself" .. have a good life ahead wherever it may lead to .....
What type of badassery is this?!?
This woman is a fucking legend!
She's proof that when you fall forward you will always have a cushion underneath waiting for you.
thanks
I've failed more this year than in any other year. It's been hard. I've lost so much but at the same time gained so much and learnt so much about myself. I've been an emotional yo yo. Elated one minute. Rock bottom the next. But it's strangely been the best year of my life just because I have learnt so much..
Olivier - Life Hack Training can definitely relate to the emotional rollercoaster. 99% of time it makes us stronger and better people.
Good luck
Same here sir.
Wow! Yes!
Same this last year for me
"...let's hear it for rejection!" Love this speech Barbara. You are a natural storyteller and motivator. Thank you for this speech. It is very insightful and motivational. I needed to hear it. I appreciate you!
I actually wanted this talk to go five times longer. Barbara is a damn good speaker!
Barbara is awesome!! A real person, no BS.
I failed today. I often beat myself up about messing up because I can’t see past it. I love being good at things. I love succeeding. I have this irrational fear of embarrassment. I don’t want to be bad at anything. But I have the slightest bit of optimism that I will overcome.
Barbara--as a woman entrepreneur who's on her 4th business, you are one of my biggest heroes. Thanks so much for sharing your story.
Have you learned that you’re really bad at it yet?
@@keabonhall2436 You do not even know her, it makes no sense to assume that a stranger person cannot be competent at something.
What a beautiful speech and what an empathetic woman. I'm at a time where I'm feeling like a failure because I don't have a university education at nearly 25 when all the other people I went to school with are successful working people, and everyone just seems so much better off than me. I have to thank depression and failure too though because without them I don't think I would be as much of a sympathetic person as I am today. Funnily enough failure has also taught me to get up and not give up either so I'm working on my education now. This speech has reminded me that and I will try to keep on that track. Thank you so much for this!
I love Barbra for her vulnerability - beautiful, inspiring and badass.
The more I hear this woman speak, the more I respect and love her. Thank you , Barbara!
Rejection and Failure are hard for anyone to swallow and no matter how many times we fail, we must get up again. This is very difficult to do but she just explained that it is the key to success--to fail.
WOW, I love Barbara even more now. Thx Barbara! I just went through a lot of racial discrimination and flat out persecution in China for teaching jobs simply because I didn't look the part or because I am a Christian. Your email that you sent really inspired me. Keep up what you're doing, Barbara!
The rejection's sharpened your insights to oppertunity by understanding how the molecules vibrate in our universe. You possess the spirit that binds us all together.
I failed my forensic psychology TMA and i started off great in the beginning and kept failing all the way through but now i researched you barbara and realised im awesome at failure and thats actually something im good at! Which im ok with, before that i done my acting degree got to my BA honours and then failed my masters but then went onto study this course im currently doing ...if i keep failing im bound to succeed, wherever life may take me... thank you🙏🎉
Failure is the greatest teacher and molder of #greatness. It's a #principle I've come to embrace!
I really appreciate the honesty about her feelings and her humility to mention she had financial help to start her own business, (compared to other "self-made" people). Makes you feel inspired but human at the same time
I love this! I recruit restaurant managers in Mississippi, and this video hits home with me, we fail everyday, but we get back up and go back at it, my word is "Next"... we cannot get bogged down in the No's.
This is exactly what we ALL need to hear.
Today I failed at something and the quote " Reward efforts more than results" Just made me see everything in a different light. First it inspires me to try harder and if I fail just to get back up and try harder. :) Thank you so much, you made my day and this week. I felt horrible but now I feel like a weight has lifted off my shoulder.
I love her Humour, she seems like a very fun person to be around.
Failure is life's best teacher!
Barbara is Iconic.
Wow this is gorgeous 🍀 I failed major academic entrance exams but I'm still standing, proof rejection is redirection.
“I bounce back higher after rejection by certain people .”
الحَمدُ لله
"Let's hear it for rejection!" -my new motto :)
Amazing talk Barbara. A lot of people take failure like a ton of brick that it take them so long to recover and pick up the pieces and start again. Very enlightening. Thank you.
Very optimistic woman. Good on her
Good for you Barbara. You are a very strong woman.
Doesn't get any more real than this. She is my idol.
In a dark time at moment....talks such as these are very inspiring. Thanks from a baby shark
I love the lessons she shares. I recently read her biography and it was inspiring. Now when I encounter an obstacle or failure I am reminded of how she failed and came out of it... that every rejection / failure was an opportunity to get back up again.
Barbara,
I did not read until the 3rd grade as well...May I be a success and mentor like you to those who continue to see themselves as failures vs human.....Many thanks!!!!!
Such a BRILLIANT person. Thank you for sharing your wisdom, Barbara.
When ur heroes become ur rivals u know u made it
She's incredible, I love Barbara!!!!
Her message really uplifted me big time. This was desperately needed. Thank you Barbara!
Great motivation for me this Monday, when I'm feeling like crap. Love it!
just wow when i saw her on shark tank 30secs i knew shes a BOSS! and now it gets better, such an inspiration, failure road to success
I continue to take xanax everyday because I live with depression. I have turned my back on passion. I don’t know why I am writing this here. Barbara you are an inspiration. And I hope at some point I can be passionate again. Thank You.
I love this. It's absolutely the truth. There is nothing like what comes off of the heels of failure! It has always opened the world of opportunity for me! Really appreciate this.
one of the best ted talks I've seen.
Thank You! Barb for being a great realtor.
You're an amazing woman Barbara! Thank you!
She has the Best Business Advice of anyone I've seen!
Barbara, you're an inspiration!! Thank you for being you.
Great words from a great woman.
Great talk Barbara. You are very inspiring.
Nice talk, to comment on the last note you can expect rejection but dont ever accept it
Wow, this is a gem . Too bad I only found this talk now.
Gonna saved for a reminder whenever I am too scared to take action.
You are a genius!!!!
And yes, a ginormous inspiration as well!!!
Barbara for president
she'd be out before she even went in.
This years resolution 2021... learning to fail forward 👍😉 This will be a new beginning for me !! Wish me luck ! When things start happening I’ll come back with stories 😊
Absolutely love her. What a strong woman ❤️
Thanks. I needed to see that!!! I will not allow to feel sorry too long
nelson martinez amen!!! Thank u I needed. To see ur comment and this video too
The difference between a master and a novice is that: a master has failed more times!!!!!
I'm inspired by your mentioning that getting up from failure and recovering from rejection is what builds success. I watch shark tank on hulu and you are still kind and direct with your communication to entrepreneurs. One day I hope to offer the same gift to those who are where you were, where I am now but not for long.
Sued donald trump and won. What a legend
cowboybebop Sadly enough, she had to sue him to get him to pay up.
Not paying people is not a desirable qualitative personality trait.
THAT, right there, is enough to make me love her!
Oh man I love this woman. Keep rocking woman.
The most inspiring video I have ever watched. I admire your honesty. Rejection is something I have had to deal with in abundance as well, thank you for sharing your story.
Thank you Barbara for the inspiring talk. I would like to be an enterpreneur but I dont know if any of my ideas are worth their salt; fear of failure is holding me back; I know that once I get over the fear and just act; that would be the starting point.
You made me think of my time studying architecture. Many students thought their ideas were the "golden goose" and didn't share it much. Just get out there and try building on your idea precious Radebe because the world may become better because of it.
"Don't wait. The time will never be just right."
-Napoleon Hill
Indeed
nonhlanhla precious Radebe The "right time" will never come, never. Don't over analize it, don't try to think it thru, take your ideas and test them out right away. If you fail just say - ''HA! that was stupid!'' and try another idea or tweak the original one and test it out again... until its working. Only instant action can crush the fear of failure, you cant wait it out or convince yourself into doing it, only instant acton.
you are 100% right armancz; i'm going for it. thanks :D
My business closed due to COVID last year, but having “failed” many times in my past, I started an online business and now I have a home-business that is doing better than my previous business. I have always lived with idea that ‘what ever happens, sooner or later it turns out, it was the best that could have happened to us’
Believe in yourself
A beautiful talk which helped me through the raw pain of utter failure!
Her Chinese accent was the best.
Carrie Chiang taught her well. Barbara is hilarious!
She is such a inspiration!!!!! I will come back to this video as often as I can !!!!!
I find inspiring that she wrote that e-mail. Next time I am rejected, I will fight back as she did.
First time I've ever watched a video on failing better
I’ve learned a lot from 2020. Especially when making decisions never make hasty decisions. Leaning from your mistakes is important and I have done so. I hope 2021 will be great. To this with covid or stuck in a remote area remember you will be fine just be positive!
People who had done it always have greater weightage to their opinion rather than unknown people who give impressive speech
Exactly what I needed to watch especially failing a college class this semester (first year student; art student).
I featured your comments in the beginning of a video, should've asked first but really wanted to make the god damn video fast xD It;s like one of the inspirational comments in the intro. Thanks for writing that!
Maytane Winner you're welcome 😊
Taeleor Marie let me help you with your assignment so that you can pass next time. reach me, dalmasakumu@gmail.com
I failed some classes too, but I’m determined to try again
recently took an L on an investment, watching this is helping me define that L as a dot that will connect to a greater success down the road.
Thanks Barbara
Barbara you are AWESOME...thank you so much for sharing!
Barbara You are an inspiration I am so glad I have got to know you and approached this video
holy sht that's right. I first know about what a failure is, or at least what most people think it is, from school. School really fails at what they're supposed do.
Thank you Barbara. I needed that today.
Guys this is about Barbara Corcoran. Please google how a man returned to an emptied out home after 2-month hospital stay for COVID. This lady and her team assumed he was going to die so they rented out his apartment and sold all his stuff, and they said its because its a "health hazard" which is a complete BS excuse. They didnt sell his piano but I assure you they tried to sell it on craiglist.
Thank you Barbara 👍🏻
You are awe inspiring
Thank you very much for sharing your experience with failure.
Success and failure. Corcoran has a story of resilient thinking. She definitely bases her success on financial gains. As she told her story the theme that stuck out to me was financial gain, loss of lovers, loss of money, gaining a lover, gaining money. I know the point is that being resilient pays off, but what about those who get us to the finish line. In the story about her friend from Taiwan who went out and contacted old clients telling them they would lose money if they did not sell - convincing many to sell, and then hiring interpreters for the Asians who were entering the market so that she could resale those listings again, was this not a story of manipulation for self-interest. At what point is it ok to blur the lines of ethical business? Do you feel this tactic resembles an honest character? Is it ok to conjure up a false idea in order to make financial gains? Something else that stuck out to me was that she never really gave credit to anyone else for her success. The Nun from hell made her feel like a failure, the lover left her feeling like a loser. But the Nun from hell actually motivated her and the lover that left her gave her money. None of this was acknowledged or appreciated in Corcoran’s speech, and as I listened to her story I felt as if she was all alone and fighting this force of failure all by herself. But I think we know better, if she was not challenged as a kid to do better, and if she never met a guy kind enough to give her the money in the first place, then where would she be? I am just not convinced that her story is as great as it could be, and I think it is due to the lack of recognition due to those who pushed her and or gave to her, so that she could have opportunity. Do you think this lady harbors ill feelings about past relationships, ie. Nun and lover? Do you think she would be more successful now if she never had this Nun as an influence or if she never was left by her first love? Since this theme revolved around money, do you think money is a measure of success?
Yes!!!
That Taiwan story was difficult for me to digest as well. It felt so wrong. However I didn’t understand how the Nun influenced her? I understood that she was always mocked for being dyslexic, even by the nun. Also she did say her first lover gave her the money to start. She gave him credit for his input. Financial growth is not the only measure of success but this is her story and this is probably what people want to hear from a businesswoman.
Thank you for sharing this.
Her book " Use What You’ve Got" Barbara shares her hilarious stories about growing up, getting into trouble, failing miserably, and then starting over again. In each chapter, she comes back to one of her mom’s unconventional lessons, and how it applies in the real world of business. Whatever your calling, the homespun lessons that work for Barbara will help you use what you've got to create success in your life.
I'm just about to finish it. It's amazing!
This is an amazing speech! Very inspiring!
I love you Barbara! You are my idol!!!
there's not enough lamps in the room, and for that reason I'm out.
Just came to comments to see this. Shocked to see just one....I am out
Thank you for your talk. I can sure relate to this rejection. I have to get over thinking people stereotype me instantly or if they do I have to focus on my plans.
WOW, The most inspiring thought provoking video I’ve seen!!!
Very inspiring, thanks for sharing.
I'm scared of failure, and, for that reason, I'm out.
In this season of unemployment, I appreciate this. Thank you Barbara and TED Talks.
I love this woman.
Thank you! I, too, am a real estate agent and everyday I ask myself if this is the industry for me. (I also had nuns/teachers make negative comments to and about me.) Your encouragement is well received.
I love Barbara's way of faking Chinese accent.
+Yew Mun Wong Yeah, it's a little racist. I wonder if she asked her friend if it was okay.
Don't be an ass. Carey Chiang is Barbara's icon for ignoring rejection (Which this wasn't.) People like you can find rejection in the highest compliments. How do you do it?
Besides, a chinese accent has not a race issue.
@@fredhubbard7210 I'm Chinese and I couldn't care either xD Heck I make fun of China more often than most ._. (SorryButNotReally)
@@havek23 People say that beauty is in the eye of the beholder. I wish people thought "racism is in the mind of the beholder". We'd all be a bit more humble.
@@havek23 Barbara specifically stated in a later speech given the same year as the Ted Talk that she discussed telling the story BEFOREHAND with Carey Chiang and asked her if she could imitate her accent, and Carey enthusiastically said "YES!" Carey and Barbara are very close friends and Barbara would never do anything that was insulting to her. She used the accent not to mock how Carey speaks but to capture her full personality and to make a point about not judging a book by its cover (i.e. many white people might assume that an immigrant with a heavy accent is not good at business).
Thank you! This was a reality check for me.
Thank you for sharing Barbara truly inspirational
Wow!! Great speech..
Great talk, because anybody can succeed given everything - right family, right guidance, right school, country, time, etc. But who are those who can succeed when there is hardship, pain, tears, and failure after failure after failure ... I will. How about you?
How much money you make in a year now?
Dualshock Do you only measure success in money? I turned down extremely well-paid jobs to be a success in my life, which, to me, is being the best at who I am and doing the best I can with who I am. It's a never ending process, so I never consider that I've reached some goal - or, rather, the goal is in the process.
You are very very right in that.... my life has been so different from everybody else's, growing up in poverty, around alcoholics and drug addicts, in an abusive home, moving about and sleeping on the streets and working as a child... then getting adopted, then moving from country to country with only my workaholic dad, never being able to find my ground... yet I'm still here and fighting. What you wrote helped me a lot and gave me even more determination. Thank you.
I loved this so much and needed it today!
I love you Barbra! Awesome share!
I lost little money in the market today, after which the market went the way I wanted it to go. If only if I had hope on myself. Needed this :). In my loss I am winning.