Feeling cornered can be good for you

I am sure that you remember that one moment in your life where you were outstanding on a particular issue simply because your were cornered. Or that moment where you became only truthful because you were cornered and there was no other option for you.

Cornering works and it has taken a lot of people out of the closet. Some gave been trying to do something but afraid of what we all go through; what if. What if it does not work? What if I fail? And when you are still asking yourself all these questions, a letter of retrenchment comes through and you realize that its a checkmate. You have been cornered by the circumstances that you did not expect. Suddenly your best comes out.

It also happens especially when you have been having reservations about your potential on something. And somehow your superior at work comes and assigns you to do a task which you were so doubtful about. There, you find yourself not having any option to refuse. But when you get down to doing that task, you realize that it is something that you enjoy and have been unconsciously longing for an opportunity to perform this task. The outcome of this becomes not only to you but also to the rest of your colleagues.

There are responses that are typical of people who are cornered. Let me share the following with you:

WHEN CORNERED, YOU ARE LIKELY TO OUTPERFORM YOURSELF: I have seen how animals stand up against the lion when they realize that they are cornered. It is the only time that they think of fighting for themselves. Normally they would prefer to run away from the situation, but when closed down, they want to do that which they never thought they would be able to do.

WHEN CORNERED, YOU DEVELOP AN IMMEDIATE PUSH TO DO BETTER: Sometimes what we need is just a little push to the right direction. Nothing does this for a person who is running away than the one who finds himself in a corner. It puts you under pressure, but many times it has been the one thing that a person needed in order to vacate the comfort zone.

You may have been wanting to take make a success of your life one way or the other, but you have been scared. An old fable is told of a young man who wanted to know the secret of success. He went on to his mentor to get a formula and his mentor took him into a swimming pool. They walked into the water until the young man was unable to hold himself in the water. as the water covered his face, he cried to his mentor for help and the mentor asked how much does he need to breath. The young man said desperately and that was the time when the mentor lifted him above the water to breath and later told him, the formula for success is when you desperately want to succeed.

There is no better way to corner someone than to to be cornered and desperately wanting a way out. That way out would never lead to a way in. As people we need this cornering for us to grow and succeed. At times you need to be cornered in order for your best to be exposed. Don’t be ashamed of that corner, because that corner may just be a monument to show off where your journey has started. Are you in that corner as we speak? You are at a better position to show what you are made off. 

Good luck! I am waiting for you on the other side!