Quit having a pity party

Everyone has them, but nobody is there but you. According to the Larry Dix dictionary, a Pity Party, noun, is any period of time in which the individual indulges in a cycle of grief, wallowing and feeling sorry for oneself. While not limited to any duration or extent, pity parties can range anywhere from 30 seconds to 30 years. While they may feel good at first, soothing hurt feelings, broken pride, or reminiscing on failure, pity parties are ultimately a waste of your time. As a human and entrepreneur, your life is bound to be rife with failures, just as much as the next person’s. What can set you apart from the guy next to you who’s too busy crying to himself over a hiccup in business is your ability to see your success in the middle of your blunders or misfortunes and keep going. Whatever reputation precedes you, the last thing you want to be known as is the guy who gets weepy and weak whenever the circumstances get hard. I won’t be the first to tell you and I won’t be the last, but life isn’t fair. I’ve said it before, you might not be able to change much about what’s happening to you, but you can change your attitude, because nobody likes a crybaby.

The ones who are willing to bite, claw, and scratch their way out of their pit are the ones who are going to make something of themselves. These people aren’t going to buckle under hardship; they’re going to be refined by it. Individuals who have met with adversity don’t shy away from challenges, they rise to meet them and they succeed. They know success because their failures have taught them something other than how to cry. So the next time something goes wrong, and you’re sitting around feeling sorry for yourself, take a good hard look at the things you can be grateful for, the things you can appreciate and go do something. There’s no guarantee of survival, chances and circumstances can bring down the greatest of minds, but fighting through the hardships makes survival that much more likely.