You may feel demoralized on your time to time activities due to various reasons. Being laid off your job, transferred to a different career or even a different locality to work such that you are far away from your beloved ones are some of the reasons why people do feel discouraged sometimes. With no appropriate guidance where necessary, such people may suffer from depressions which may lead to bad health and even failure to recover to become productive again. Another worst effect of work depressions is suicide, which normally happens when such individuals feel helpless and give up to living. If you are heading down such roads, there are things you need to know before your conditions deteriorates.
Chris Grosser aforementioned that opportunity is what you make and not what comes by chance, so keep trying new things even if luck seems not to be on your side and never ever give up taking risks. Rather than sitting up and waiting, it is wise to take on different ideas. Opportunities do not come looking for you, you go looking for them. Learn how the world operate and do what you need to do. Albert Einstein had it that life is like a game and for you to be successful, you need to know the rules governing the game so as to play it great like nobody else. Now is the time to start building something. Whenever you have an idea, do not let it slip away because you will be disappointed 20 years to come for not having done what you should have. You do not wait for storm to subside but learn to sail through it or even use it to your advantage, Mark Twain.
Happiness should be your first priority in all your undertakings. Avoid those that makes you sad and focus on what makes you happy. Magnificent results are achieved by those doing what they love, Steve Jobs. Never give up, if you have not figured out what you love doing, it does no good giving and you should keep fighting. Trying to make everyone happy may means that you are sacrificing your own happiness, avoid such unless it is for the greater good. You are all what you need to be strong and confident, relying on others is prone to disappointments.
You need internal strength to overcome any time to time setbacks in your career. Success is a continuous construction like a road with constant repairs here and there, Lily Tomlin gave that chronological comparison. Learning from your mistakes without giving up in what you want is the recipe for successful happy life and career, Michael Jordan. He attributed his success to not giving up after several failures in his life.