7 Secrets To Keep Going When Life Gets Brutal

1. They don't quit on life. "Tragedy might have happened, huge mistakes might have been made, but the world continues. People who have walked successfully over life's hot-coal moments always keep going. They never quit living," Anderson shares.

2. They live day-by-day. "It's easy to get overwhelmed by the 'What am I going to do now?' feeling, but extra-mile people focus on the now. They don't let thoughts of how they're going to deal with tomorrow defeat them," Anderson says.

3. They find support. "By forging relationships with positive, move-forward type people, survivors trigger positive energy to flow back into their lives," Anderson points out.

4. They get involved again. "Extra-mile people rise above life's tragedies by not choosing isolation when life knocks them down," Anderson shares. "It's easy to want to hide in a cave after something bad happens, but the longer we stay in the cave, the more challenging it is to ever leave it."

5. They remain optimistic. "Extra-mile people support themselves with their own words and actions. They don't let negative self-talk rule their brains, and they make sure not to surrender to negative, self-defeating emotions," Anderson says.

6. They trust their faith and look for a higher purpose in their loss. "Extra-mile people believe that there is a stronger power at work in the world. Faith in a higher power...and yourself...works miracles in overcoming bad events," Anderson quotes.

7. They seek to add value to the world. "People who have weathered a life storm recognize the opportunity to re-evaluate their own contribution to the world. They use their event not as a forever defeat, but rather as an igniting spark to do something meaningful," Anderson says.