Episode 274: How to Be Resilient in the Face of Adversity Cornell Thomas

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Andrea Owen

How To, Education, Self-improvement

4.7 • 517 Ratings

🗓️ 27 March 2019

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Okay y'all, this week’s guest, Cornell Thomas, is my new best friend. Seriously. He is also the perfect example of turning a loss into a win. One week before accomplishing his dream of playing professional basketball, he suffered a career ending injury. And rather than stay in, “Why me?” mode, he turned his attention to, “What now?,” instead. Today Cornell is a global speaker, multiple title author, mindset coach, corporate trainer, and social entrepreneur. And you know what else he is? He is funny, endearing and passionate about fostering a positive mindset to overcome adversity. I absolutely adore him and I know you will too. In this episode Cornell shares so poignantly his story of adversity and how he overcame it. He also provides some insight and advice to those who may be facing their own internal or external battles. Midway through the episode, Cornell and I both get fired up about writing and putting your story to paper. Just do it! We go on to talk about being resilient and how to actually practice resilience when a storm comes and knocks you on your ass. Finally, Cornell reminds us why gratitude is always the answer. Yes life is hard, but this episode is a reminder that you can be resilient and move past adversity with gratitude and grace. In this episode you’ll hear: Cornell’s story of adversity and how he turned “Why me?” into “What now?” (9:30) If you have story inside of you, get it out on paper! (24:08) Saying, “No,” to things you like to, in order to do the things you love (28:42) Some ways to practice resilience in the face of adversity and the importance of weathering life’s “storms” (31:40) Fatigue mindset: what it is, how to overcome it and finding your finish line (35:36) http://yourkickasslife.com/274 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:29.9	One of the main things for me is just gratitude, right? I tell people all the time, like,
0:34.2	if I have breath in my body, I know I can change my situation the only time I
0:37.9	cannot change my situation is if I'm dead I can't change my situation so I'm thankful for that
0:43.5	breath because that breath is going to allow me to fight when I look at storms you have to look at
0:48.3	the category of the storm and this is a category like 10 storm and shit is just hitting the family.
0:54.5	Like you just, you know, got divorced and you're like, how am I going to pay rent?
0:58.2	And I have kids or whatever.
0:59.9	You have to understand like even though the worst storms, the worst thing you've been through in your life, eventually it's going to pass.
1:08.5	This is your kickass life podcast episode number 274 with guest Cornell Thomas.
1:15.1	This is the Your Kickass Life podcast with Andrea Owen.
1:19.7	A no BS guide to self-help and badassery.
1:23.5	Because ladies, let's face it, life's too short for it to not kick ass.
1:29.7	And here's your host, the girl who serves it up straight with a side of crazy.
1:34.7	Andrea Owen.
1:37.6	Hey there, Askegaers.
1:38.7	Welcome to another episode of the podcast.
1:40.7	I am so glad you're here.
1:42.4	I just got back from Las Vegas where I was speaking at the
1:46.3	Peer Romance World Conference, which was so much fun. And hey, if you are a part of a company
1:53.3	that needs a speaker, I just might be your girl. I do know how to work a room, if you know what I mean.
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