Besides, surveys conducted by some biographers have also demonstrated that almost all of the great men and celebrities have built their mansion of success on the bedrock of adversities. Take Georgia Washiton, one of the greatest founding fathers of the United States of America, as a case in point：to break away from the British Empire and became an independent country，he led the American War of Independence. However，problems and challenges such as inexperience of war, adverse weather condition, shortage of ammunition and smallbox arose. Confronted with such an adversity, he became more mature and composed, and then won the Revolutionary War finally through his courage and wisdom resulted from supassing adversity.

　　而且，由一些傳記作者展開的調查也已經發現，幾乎所有的偉大的人物和名人都將自己成功的大廈建立在逆境的基石上。以美國最偉大的開國之父之一喬治亞.華盛頓為例，為了脫離英國的殖民統治，建立一個獨立的國家，他領導了美國獨立戰爭。但卻遇到了諸如戰爭經驗不足、氣候條件惡劣、彈藥不足及天花肆虐等各種問題和挑戰。面對這樣的逆境，華盛頓變得更加成熟鎮定，并最終用自己戰勝逆境的勇氣和智慧，贏得了這場戰爭的最后勝利。