Do Not Let Your Weaknesses Limit Yourself

Many people leave and the chance and accept it as just plain wrong - but not everyone. Some people face enormous constraints that manage to get extraordinary things. They rise above their weaknesses and do not let that limit their opportunities.

The choice is yours

I attended a school awards ceremony not long ago and the guest speaker was Andrew Becroft, who had a strained as a child. Instead of leaving it to the limit, he chose to work hard to remedy. It is now a juvenile court judge for the leader of New Zealand. Not only has it become a success, but he did it in a business where he had to speak to other regularly - where his weakness is front and center for all to see. If he had not worked on his ability to speak, it would have been very limiting for his life and career opportunities.

You can find similar people in new channels New Zealand and I think the same thing in other countries. There are a number of presenters and journalists who have an unusual way of speaking clearly. Maybe they have a lisp, or have a particular focus or pitch of voice. These people have succeeded in spite of what appears to be a weakness in their profession.

Many people face major constraints you. They may be missing limbs or are born into extreme poverty. But no matter what limit you will always find people who have overcome.

Other examples:

Brett Eastburn has no arms or legs, however, is an inspirational speaker and a very good fighter. He tells his story in a video on its website.

Lance Armstrong attack cancer meant he lost a testicle and had to go through chemotherapy is a terrifying effect on the body. Yet, he won the Tour de France is a grueling sporting event, a record seven times.

Ringo Starr, drummer of The Beatles came from a poor background. He was constantly plagued by the disease as a child and spent much time in the hospital.

At 19 months old, Helen Keller became ill and lost his sight and hearing (before he learned to speak). He went on to become world-renowned author and speaker, and advocate of many social causes.

Grant Calder is a quadriplegic, but he still works out a large farm sheep in the rugged South Island of New Zealand. Here is his inspiring story.

Wilma Rudolph was 20 of 22 children. As a child, suffered measles, mumps, scarlet fever, chicken pox, polio, double pneumonia and possibly leaving his left leg and foot low and distorted. The doctors said would never walk again. She then won three gold medals in athletics during the 1960 Olympics.

Mark Inglis lost both legs below the knee in a climbing accident, but has since climbed Mount Everest.

Bill Wilson was an alcoholic who wanted to help other alcoholics, and founded what would become the AA, a movement that has helped millions of people.

Nobody could have predicted that these successes

These above are cases of people with serious limitations, and can be easy to write, as exceptions to the rule, but it is not. They were just people with problems. If one of those people who said he expected to get a nod he would have liked, while quietly to himself that he had no chance. However, the results speak for themselves.