An Orman Never Gives Up!

“Success comes when you can look in the mirror and you like what’s looking back,” Orman says. “You’re proud of what you’ve created. You’re proud of what you’re doing, even if it doesn’t give you a financial reward and nobody buys it. You’re proud of yourself.”

“True success is a smile,” Orman says philosophically. “It’s a smile in your heart because you feel like your life is complete. Then you’re successful. It’s not gauged by how much money you have.

By following the watchwords of never giving up, she has always found the strength and determination to take risks, overcome long odds, lift herself off the canvas and, especially, block out the barbs of critics.

“The key to success is putting on blinders,” she says.

Orman has been dealing with critics for much of her career. She prefers not to think too much about them most of the time. She is either too busy or too happy to let them get her down, and she grudgingly accepts the fact that slights and put-downs must inevitably be a byproduct of becoming famous and successful.

Orman tries hard not to fall into the trap of letting her foes wipe the smile off her face. Her mantra is to keep your eye on the ball. In her case, this involves her quest to do and say things intended to arm investors with information.

“In life, it’s easier to do nothing and settle for the status quo,” Orman says. “You say, ‘I’m making enough money, and everything’s so easy now.’ It is not easy to go and try to forge new ground when that ground is already so firmly established.

“You have to live your life by following this quote: ‘The elephant keeps walking as the dogs keep barking.’ You have to know in your heart you’re doing what’s right in the bigger picture.”

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