How has a failure, or apparent failure, set you up for later success?
My life took a positive turn at 12 years of age because of my initial failure to deal with a bully! If that had not happened, I’m not quite sure where I’d be? — “The” Trainer
At 12 years of age, a bully at 16 years old was beating me up on the school bus nearly every day. I tried pretty much everything but seemingly every time I looked up, there he was! So I decided that if I couldn’t stop him then I’d take up working out and getting stronger so I could fight him. But… when he saw that I was getting bigger, he did what bullies do when they are faced with someone that can take up for themselves, he stopped bullying me and moved onto someone else and that “fight” that I was preparing for never happened! — “The” Trainer
I had a much bigger girl picking on me in 5th grade. I was a year younger and small for my age. It was winter in Minnesota. I’d had enough and when we got to school, I put a rock in a snowball. I hit her in the head.
I ended up in the principal’s office but it was worth it because she quit picking on me.
Wow! You’re a fighter!