Nietsche Meets Dr. Seuss

Continuing to explore the relationship between adversity and power, our friend, Tobey Crockett, reminds us of one of our favorite quotes:

“What doesn’t kill us makes us stronger.” Friedrich Nietsche

Tobey writes: “This is related to the concept of design limitations that actually channel creative energy more powerfully into a narrower range of possible solutions and, thus, offer us a chance to do brilliant work.”

“It is much more challenging to do more with less and, thus, elegance arises. Or wit! Bennett Cerf, Dr. Seuss’s publisher, famously wagered $50 that Seuss could not write a book using only fifty different words. This, after Seuss had written the Cat in the Hat with only 225 words!”

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green_Eggs_and_Ham

Cat in the Hat is a book with only 46 words. Thanks, Tobey, and others who have written in on this topic!

Can you observe positive consequences to your power and abilities as a function of designing your way out of adversity? Where has adversity made you clearly stronger and more capable?