"Someone’s opinion doesn’t have to be your reality"

From THE BLACK COLLEGIAN Magazine
"Six Ways to Turn Setbacks into Comebacks"
By Al "The Inspiration" Duncan

In 1979, as a sophomore in high school, a young basketball player was cut from the varsity team. He was devastated but he wasn’t done. Three years later in 1982 he made the game-winning shot in the NCAA championship game. In 1984 he was passed over by the first two teams in the NBA draft but he went on to become arguably the greatest basketball player of all time.

Michael Jordan epitomizes the fact that a person’s opinion doesn’t have to be your reality. Oprah, Sojourner Truth, Muhammad Ali, Les Brown, Tyler Perry, Mary J. Blige, Frederick Douglass, Gandhi and countless others have been mislabeled, misunderstood, and overlooked at one point or another in their lives.

If you are qualified and some company, organization, or institution misses the opportunity to utilize your talents, it’s their loss not yours. There’s an expression used in sales that’s apropos for scenarios like this: “Some will, some won’t, so what? Next.”

Some opportunities will work out. Some won’t. So what now? Next! You’ve got to keep it moving. After all…

"Failure isn’t permanent unless you quit"