Everyone loves a good comeback story.
Think about every good sports movie ever created - they usually entail some team or main character that is labeled as the underdog who has to overcome extreme odds to achieve victory.
A good comeback story is something that naturally captivates peoples attention because the thought of overcoming extreme odds plays to our emotions.
It excites us and often makes cheer for the underdog.
The reason for this is because the person at the top is too predictable - they already know how to win because they have the social proof to back it up.
But there is something to be said for the underdog that trains in a dungeon that nobody knows about who decides to take a chance and showcase himself to the world.
The best part about it is that nobody truly expects the underdog to succeed, hence why they are perceived as the underdog.
On the way up, nobody wants to think that person has a chance of being successful, however it is usually the underdog that refuses to give up.
It is the underdog that is not afraid to start from the bottom and work his way up the mountain.
Yesterday, I wrote about the importance of being able to re-create the self in order to inspire personal growth.
The process of re-creation forces us to start from the bottom of new mountains and work our way up.
Every time we choose to re-create ourselves, we always start from the bottom and become the underdog in our own right.
A perfect example of this is Arnold Schwarzenegger.
Arnold grew up poor in a European country and relied on his vision of becoming a successful bodybuilder to propel him along the path of achieving his life's purpose.
The odds were completely stacked against him in every way.
Every time Schwarzenegger decided to re-create himself, whether it was becoming an action movie star, or pursuing a career in politics to eventually become the governor of California, the odds were always stacked against him.
He realized from an early age that being the underdog is what fueled him to succeed in whatever he decided to do.
There is a deeper message in this for everyone out there.
When we look at people who we perceive to be winning in life, we often don't think about the fact that they were once an underdog and had to experience an immense amount of failure to get to the point they are at now.
The process of failure and refusing to give up on our mission is how we can all create a comeback story of our own.
We must be able to tap into our emotions and insecurities and use them as fuel to inspire others.
Failure creates feelings of pain, anxiety, and hopelessness - making it seem like we are never going to get to where we want to be in life and this is where most people decide to give up.
Results never come overnight for anything.
Anything worth having is going to take hard work, consistent effort, and many failures along the way.
By refusing to let failure stand in the way, we can tap into that source of energy to not only inspire ourselves to continue on with our purpose, but inspire others along the way.