I’ll always remember the networking event I went to years ago. I’d just met this nice man, and we were having a good conversation.
Then, this stranger handed me his business card. When I glanced down at it, I was surprised to see that it didn’t have the standard name, company, and contact info.
Instead, it said: Never believe in Never!
When I commented that his card wasn’t at all what I was expecting, he just smiled and said the message was more important.
We chatted briefly, and then he disappeared into the crowd. I never saw him again.
The man I met wasn’t Robert H. Schuller. He was just sharing the message of this popular televangelist.
But this business card had a huge impact on my life.
When I got back to the office, I put it up on the wall in front of my phone. Every day as I stared at it, the message wormed its way into my thinking:
Never believe in Never!
Instead of getting down when I faced tough situations, I accepted the reality of them. Where I was at that moment in time was simply a new starting point.
I may have been behind where I’d hoped to be, but that didn’t mean I had to stay there.
The roadblocks were simply challenges, not obstacles that couldn’t be overcome.
The “never believe in never” mindset was my impetus for learning new information or skills—that were vital to my future success.
I still have this saying tacked up in my office. It’s tattered and battle-scarred after so many years. After all, it’s been with me my entire career and informs everything I do.
This “Never believe in Never” saying keeps me growing and learning. It focuses my thinking and inspires me to be better today than I was yesterday.
So, as you move forward in your life and career, I invite you to also Never believe in Never!