Life isnāt a smooth ride down a rose-petal road. Itās a winding path with unexpected detours, roadblocks, and sometimes, what feels like endless uphill battles. There will be moments when you question everything, your choices, your strength, and even your ability to keep moving forward. But let me tell you something: keep going. When life gets tough, when the weight on your shoulders feels unbearable, when every fiber of your being is telling you to stop, keep going anyway. Because resilience isnāt about avoiding hardship; itās about pushing through it.
I know what it feels like when exhaustion creeps in, when setbacks hit one after another, when the world seems to be testing just how much you can take. But if you stop, you stay stuck in the struggle. If you keep moving, even at a slow, painful pace, you create momentum. Every step forward, no matter how smallāis progress. Itās not about running full speed ahead all the time. Some days, resilience means crawling. Some days, it means standing still but refusing to fall backward. And thatās enough.
The Pareto Principle reminds us that life is 20% what happens to us and 80% how we react to it. We donāt control the storms that come our way, but we do control whether we let them define us or refine us. Do we let adversity break us, or do we use it as fuel to grow stronger? The choice is always ours. The most successful, fulfilled people in life are not the ones who had the easiest paths; theyāre the ones who refused to quit when things got hard. They kept going when it wouldāve been easier to surrender.
In a world that tells us to seek comfort, I want to remind you that discomfort is where growth happens. Every entrepreneur, leader, and professional who has reached success knows that resilience is the real game-changer. We all face rejection, failures, and self-doubtābut how we react to them is what makes all the difference. This article is for anyone who has ever felt like giving up. No matter where you are in your journey, resilience is the key to moving forward. Keep going, not because itās easy, but because your future self is counting on you not to quit.
Yes, life is unpredictable. No, we donāt get a blueprint. But resilience is the closest thing we have to a superpower. Itās what allows us to rise, rebuild, and reinvent ourselves, no matter what obstacles are thrown our way. Weāve all been knocked down beforeābut every single time, we have a choice: stay down, or get up and keep moving. And the ones who keep going? Those are the ones who make it.
So, if life is testing you right now, if youāre tired, if you feel like stoppingādonāt. You are capable of more than you think. Keep going. Keep going. Keep going. Your breakthrough is always on the other side of persistence.
Elga Lejarza
Lejarza HR Consulting
