Quotes of the Day - On Survival
As economy getting worse these days, it proves that big companies are no more safer than small companies. Think about all the bankruptcy news recently for those billion-dollar corporations that were once consider life-long employers by many people. No more. Tough financial outlook is going to force companies at any size to operate lean, efficient and find creative ways to grow. Only those that follow Charles Darwin’s evolution principle will likely to survive and come out stronger:
“It is not the strongest of the species that survives, nor the most intelligent that survives…In the long history of humankind (and animal kind, too) those who learned to collaborate and improvise most effectively have prevailed.”
An excellent book “Deep Survival – Who Lives, Who Dies, and Why” by Laurence Gonzales provides some excellent insights by showing true stories of miraculous, endurance and sudden death.
In the appendix section, Mr. Gonzales concluded his 12 rules of Adventure/Survival. You can read it in more detail from http://www.deepsurvival.com/
- Perceive, believe (look, see, believe)
- Stay calm (use humor, use fear to focus)
- Think/analyze/plan (get organized; set up small, manageable tasks)
- Take correct, decisive action (be bold and cautious while carrying out tasks)
- Celebrate your successes (take joy in completing tasks)
- Count your blessings (be grateful – you’re alive)
- Play (sing, play mind games, recite poetry, count anything, do mathematical problems in your head)
- See the beauty (remember: it’s a vision quest)
- Believe that you will succeed (develop a deep conviction that you’ll live)
- Surrender (let go of your fear of dying: “put away the pain”)
- Do what is necessary (be determined; have the will and the skill)
- Never give up (let nothing break your spirit)
A few quotes that reinforce these rules:
- “Hope never abandons you; you abandon it.”
~George Weinberg
- “When things go wrong as they sometimes will;
When the road you’re trudging seems all uphill;
When the funds are low, and the debts are high
And you want to smile, but have to sigh;
When care is pressing you down a bit-
Rest if you must, but do not quit.
Success is failure turned inside out;
The silver tint of the clouds of doubt;
And you can never tell how close you are
It may be near when it seems so far;
So stick to the fight when you’re hardest hit-
It’s when things go wrong that you must not quit.” ~”Don’t Quit,” Author Unknown
- “Most of the important things in the world have been accomplished by people who have kept on trying when there seemed to be no hope at all.”
~Dale Carnegie
Smart entrepeurners know that if a business is not growing, then it is in a survival mode. Success is about surviving one day at a time and many days in a roll . As Life’s little instruction book said it best, “Never give up on anybody. Miracles happen every day.” Keep your hope, be persistent and trust that miracles will happen to those that put themselve in a lucky position even in the most unlucky position.
