I Love it Rough

From the time I envisioned coming to the US in 1991 to my first startup that I am working on currently, I have become addicted to challenges. I dislike it when it comes too easy and here is why:

• The value and appreciation is directly proportionate to the effort to achieve it
• Your personal growth is directly proportional to the effort as well
• One has to think differently and be creative
• One will tend to meet people who help you selflessly
• One will develop long term relationships
• One learns a lot about themselves and people around them
• One develops a better sense of purpose
  
• It is a great opportunity to bond better with people who are regularly around you
• You learn to leverage existing resources - what you have
  
• You learn "whether you think you can or can not, you are right" [Henry Ford}

• One is encouraged to dream
  
• One learns that conventional wisdom is limiting
  
• One will never get the opportunity to fail and if you don't, you will probably never learn
• It is a humbling experience
  
• You learn that you will not go anywhere by blaming circumstances - it is you who has to deliver and face the consequences eventually
• You learn that attitude is probably your biggest trump card
• Finally, the adrenalin rush of achieving the 'impossible' is addictive

What do you think? Did I miss out anything?

Imagine: "The size of the fight in the dog, not the size of the dog in the fight" [Mark Twain]