Circumstances

The tougher the circumstances are in our lives and the more the odds are stacked against us, often the more of a catalyst those circumstances will be in propelling us to find our dream.

"I had all the disadvantages required for success". - Larry Ellison

I was twenty-three years old, and my son was two and a half, and my wife at the time had left. Our rent wasn't paid for three months, so they kicked us out. We ended up sleeping in the car. The way we survived was we would go around collecting soda bottles and cash them in. - John Paul Dejoria (Cofounder John Paul Mitchell Systems)

From these circumstances as a young adult, it's hard to believe that John Paul Dejoria went on to create the hugely successful hair-product company John Paul Mitchell Systems. John Paul created a life for himself that is unrecognizable from the life he began with, and he did it by using qualities that you have within you now. - The Secret Hero