The journey of an entrepreneur is usually filled with setbacks and problems. Yet these problems can be the same forces that drive success.

I would like to add a quote here: as Winston Churchill once put it, “Success is not final, failure is not fatal: It is the courage to continue that counts.” This quote tells us that resilience plays an important role in the recipe for success.

Take the case of J.K. Rowling. After being rejected many times by publishers and suffering personal troubles that would have daunted many others, she went on to produce the famously successful Harry Potter series. Rowling’s experience reflects the reality that obstacles are frequently the stepping stones on the track to your ultimate greatness.

Entrepreneurs with resilience are not only quick to recover from disaster—but are even more receptive to innovation—they acquire, adjust, and flourish even while under stress—not too much to handle, eh?

If these thoughts stir up something within you, you’ll probably find much to relish in Omar Aziz’s “Is Success as Easy as Pie?” His insights highlight how hardship can be converted into opportunity, giving readers a practical understanding of their own expeditions.