Be Bold in Life with 21 Inspirational Challenge Quotes

1. I've learned in my life that it's important to be able to step outside your comfort zone and be challenged with something you're not familiar or accustomed to. That challenge will allow you to see what you can do. -J. R. Martinez 

2. Scientists have demonstrated that dramatic, positive changes can occur in our lives as a direct result of facing an extreme challenge - whether it's coping with a serious illness, daring to quit smoking, or dealing with depression. Researchers call this 'post-traumatic growth. -Jane McGonigal 

3. You will enrich your life immeasurably if you approach it with a sense of wonder and discovery, and always challenge yourself to try new things. -Nate Berkus 

4. Happiness includes chiefly the idea of satisfaction after full honest effort. No one can possibly be satisfied and no one can be happy who feels that in some paramount affairs he failed to take up the challenge of life. -Arnold Bennett

5. Death is a challenge. It tells us not to waste time... It tells us to tell each other right now that we love each other. -Leo Buscaglia 

6. You should not remain in your comfort zone; if you want to make it big, you must challenge yourself, get out of your comfort zone, and succeed in doing well outside of your comfort areas. -Rohit Sharma 

7. I don't run away from a challenge because I am afraid. Instead, I run toward it because the only way to escape fear is to trample it beneath your feet. -Nadia Comaneci 

8. Challenges are what make life interesting; overcoming them is what makes life meaningful. - Joshua J. Marine 

9. Accept challenges, so that you may feel the exhilaration of victory. - George Patton 

10. The key to life is accepting challenges. Once someone stops doing this, he’s dead. -Bette Davis 

11. A challenge only becomes an obstacle when you bow to it. -Ray Davis 

12. There are no great people in this world, only great challenges which ordinary people rise to meet. -William Frederick Halsey, Jr. 

13. Life’s challenges are not supposed to paralyze you, they’re supposed to help you discover who you are. -Bernice Johnson Reagon 

14. Being challenged in life is inevitable, being defeated is optional. -Roger Crawford 

15. Be thankful for each new challenge, because it will build your strength and character. -Author Unknown 

16. By cultivating gratitude you eventually expand your internal sense of what is possible, regardless of seeming obstacles and challenges you go through. -Veronica Smith, 

17. When faced with a challenge, look for a way, not a way out. - David Weatherford 

18. The ultimate measure of a person s not where they stand in moments of comfort and convenience, but where the stand in times of challenge and controversy. -Martin Luther King, Jr.

 19. Life is a challenge, meet it. -Mother Theresa 

 20. A challenge is an opportunity to prove your ability to yourself, and others. -Joe Brown 

 21. Don't let setbacks get you down. Studying successful people will show you that they did not attain their success without first overcoming challenges.-Catherine Pulsifer

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5 Effective Ways to Face the Challenges of 2012

According to a report by the World Bank,  the world economy has entered a dangerous period. Some of the financial turmoil in Europe has spread to developing and other high-income countries, which until earlier had been unaffected. This contagion has pushed up borrowing costs in many parts of the world, and pushed down stock markets, while capital flows to developing countries have fallen sharply. Europe appears to have entered a recession. At the same time, growth in several major developing countries (Brazil, India and, to a lesser extent, Russia, South Africa and Turkey) is significantly slower than it was earlier in the recovery, mainly reflecting policy tightening initiated in late 2010 and early 2011 in order to combat rising inflationary pressures. As a result, and despite a strengthening of activity in the United States and Japan, global growth and world trade have slowed sharply.

The economic outlook in 2012 is gloom and doom and to make matter worse it is predicted that the world will end on December 21, 2012.

How do you cope with such a depressing and volatile situation which is looming large? There are 5 effective ways to deal with it:

1.      Stay positive: It means you will deal with such harsh situation confidently. You will resolve and determine to overcome the difficulties that lie ahead of you no matter what. It is wise not to worry too much of the future but to focus on what you can do now to soften the blow of the bleak economic outlook.  Be courageous to persevere and continue to do the right things.

2.      Harness your strengths: Pay attention to your strengths and sharpen your skills. Continue to develop and excel in what you do best. This is one effective way to be outstanding and ahead of others.

Our studies indicate that people who do have the opportunity to focus on their strengths every day are six times as likely to be engaged in their jobs and more than three times as likely to report having an excellent quality of life in general.  ~Tom Rath and Markus Buckingham

3.      Meeting challenges: Be prepared to accept and overcome a tough time in advance. Be resourceful and creative and be ready to turn the situation to your advantage.   

Tough Times Never Last But Tough People Do.   ~ Dr Robert Schuller

4.      Plan ahead and get organized: In a turbulent time, it is wise to stay cool, calm and collected. To do that you need to plan ahead and be organized.  Know what to do on a daily basis and stay focused to do the tasks at hand.  

Planning is bringing the future into the present so that you can do something about it now. ~Alan Lakein

5.      Stay sharp, alert and energetic: To be on top of thing is to stay physically and mentally fit. Exercise daily, eat nutritiously, sleep sufficiently and drink water through the day. This is the way to stay fresh, alert and full of energy to face problems in life.

What else can you do to meet the challenging time ahead of us?