ADVERSITY QUOTIENT
What can we learn from
Mountain Climbing?
My thoughts are guided by the book
ADVERSITY QUOTIENT
Turning Obstacles into Opportunities
By Paul G. Stoltz
And inspired by my Love of the Mountains and the
Mountain Climbing I did all those years ago
Current reality or situation
Your Dreams or Aspirations
Creative tension
WHAT IS EMPOWERMENT?
Its about being
WillingAbleand
Allowed
WHY MAY INOT BE WILLING TO
CLIMB?
IQ = Intelligence Quotient
EQ = Emotional Quotient
AQ =
ADVERSITY QUOTIENT
QUITTERS
CAMPERS
CLIMBERS
QUITTERS
Have abandonedthe climb or never
even started
• Blame circumstancesfor their lot in life
• Ignore their full potential
• Are bitter and disappointed
• Do just enough to get by
• Take few risks• Are resentful of
those who ascend
QUITTERS
‘Ah to come to
theend of
one’s life and
realise one has never
lived’
Henry David
Thoreau
CAMPERSSay “So far and no more!”
“Never measure the height of a Mountain,
until you have reached the top – then you will see how low it
was”
Dag Hammarskjold
•Only achieve partial success•They live compromised lives•They fall short of their true ability•They dedicate energy and resources to maintain the status quo
CAMPERS
CAMPING CAUSES
ATROPHY!
Over time campers losetheir ability to
climb – they lose the
edge
CLIM
BER
S Have a strongfaith in
somethingbigger than
themselves
When they reach a deadend or overhang they reroute
Regardless ofbackground, advantages,
good fortune, misfortune….
They continue to climb
POSITIVE THINKERS
Never letting AGE
GENDERRACE
DISABILITY OROBSTACLES
to get in their way
SOMETIMES…..
They grow wearyThey have doubtsThey feel lonely
and bruisedThey question their struggle
They recognisethat even
small stepspay dividends
ONLY CLIMBERS LIVE LIFE
TO THE FULL!!
‘Our greatest fearis not that we will discover that we are inadequate, but that we will discover that we
are powerful beyond measure’
NELSON MANDELA
What are you going to do differently, from today – to start being a climber?
“Nothing splendid has
ever been achieved, except by those
who dared believethat something
inside of them
was superior to circumstance”
BRUCE BARTON
Thank you to Somerset Morkel who taught me to climb and who
let me use some of hiswonderful photographs.
Some of the other photographs I have used I found through the
years and I hope that the owners will see how beautifully they
illustrate my points. They have not been used in any way for
commercial gain.
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