Have you encountered a setback recently in your life or business? Have you considered abandoning your dream? The desire to give up is normal in the face of adversity. So, how do you get back on track to your goals when you encounter a rejection or failure?

At BigSpeak Speakers Bureau, our top Overcoming Adversity Keynote Speakers understand what it takes to bounce back from adversity. These speakers are Olympic athletes, famous entrepreneurs, and celebrities who have overcome personal and professional disasters to rise again.

If you want to bounce back yourself, here are five tips.

1) Turn rejections into opportunities.

Make rejection the beginning of your story, not the end. According to Jia Jiang, a resilience expert and bestselling author of Rejection Proof, after you get rejected, ask, “Why?” Asking why “can often reveal the underlying reason for the rejection and present the rejectee with the opportunity to overcome the issue.”

2) Learn from your struggles.

For Molly Bloom, Olympic athlete and bestselling author of Molly’s Game, the way to overcome adversity is to change your mindset about mistakes. Molly says, “In terms of my own life and the mistakes I made and the struggles I had, I’m grateful for them. It taught me more than success and opportunity ever did.”

3) Your reaction to adversity is what matters.

According to James Lawrence, an empowering speaker and endurance world record holder who completed 50 full-distance triathlons in 50 states in 50 consecutive days (50.50.50), overcoming adversity is about your mindset. James says, “It’s your reaction to adversity, not adversity itself, that determines how your life story will develop.”

4) There’s a silver lining everywhere.

You need to be able to see the silver lining in every setback. According to entrepreneur Sophia Amoruso, founder of the multimillion-dollar fashion brand Nasty Gal and Trust Fund, “There is a silver lining in everything, and once you begin to see it, you’ll need sunglasses to combat the glare.”

5) Problems are not stopping points.

Problems are where you get started, not where you stop, according to Chaunté Lowe, an overcoming adversity keynote speaker, 4x Olympian, and breast cancer survivor. Problems “are opportunities to find solutions to grow stronger and find a way ahead anyway.” That’s why when she was undergoing chemotherapy for breast cancer, she decided to train for the Olympics again.

If you’re interested in learning more about how to overcome adversity, contact BigSpeaks Bureau today to book a keynote speaker.

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