Therefore, we have to look for the direction in which such a person is striving. Geniuses get up early. I have found in all artists and geniuses that they had to overcome difficulties. This overcoming is a strong incentive. Diligence and interest.
People are accustomed to considering difficulties as something negative.
Adler made difficulties something positive, because the desire to overcome the difficulties develops the striving in the individual. Not only face the difficulties that come his way, but also, seek out difficulties. This gives rise to a very unfavorable development. At first we establish that we were not successful in something. This subjectivity, this sudden judgment, arises from our failure to explore other reasons that might account for our diminished achievement.