Having adversity in your life is normal, but having adversity isn’t what matters. What matters is what you do to overcome that adversity. Joshua J. Marine once said, ‘Challenges are what make life interesting; overcoming them is what makes life meaningful.’ Don’t settle for merely having an interesting life, have a meaningful one. Here are 3 ways to turn your adversities into success.

1. Find the diamond in the coal.
Everything that you go through in life has value to it. It may not always seem like it because all you can remember is the pain or hurt you’ve experienced. You must remember that, right now, there are thousands of people who are going through the same types of situations that you are going through. The things that you learned from your adversity can help others get through their own difficult circumstances. Many times you can even turn what you learned into a profitable business.

2. Keep your purpose alive.
If your purpose for doing what you are doing dies, then adversity will conquer. However, if you constantly keep your purpose and vision in the fore-front of your mind, then you will press through any adversity you are facing because you know that what you are doing in life is bigger than the present circumstances you are experiencing.

3. Get back up.
Surround yourself with people who can help you through the tough times in life. You were never meant to do everything by yourself. Sometimes you need to have people around you to encourage you. Isolating yourself in times of adversity is one of the worst things that you can do.

Don’t let adversities in your life win. Use these 3 keys to help you overcome adversity so that you can have the success that you know is supposed to be yours.