“Optimism in every circumstance”

Efuet Atem
Smiling in Hardships
2 min readMay 23, 2022

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The analogy with the car provides an exciting thread!

Photo Ulrich Monji

A few days ago I had the pleasure of signing a copy of Smiling in Hardships to Ulrich Monji. While signing, I couldn’t help but contemplate how the things I wrote in 2019 haven’t really changed in 2022. The difficulties, the supposed solution that gratuitously turns into a problem. Contempt — again and again — perpetual rotation.

In this nightmare we call life, this nightmare of entrepreneurship, I realised that I was right. Yes, I was right. A world without friction is a car without brakes. It’s unimaginable, unthinkable you might say. The artist Tramel, captured the idea of Smiling in Hardships: whatever the circumstance, however witchy it may be, we must always remain optimistic and focused on the objective. In fine, there will always be distractions, witches, but we must not let these distractions distract us from our goal. Let’s remain focused. Below is the artist’s opinion about this masterpiece:

“ The book is strikingly sincere. The words are simple but powerful. The story is atypical and generates various emotions. It is easy to go from laughter to sadness, but very quickly hope resurfaces as the main character always maintains a certain optimism in every circumstance. The analogy with the car is powerful and provides a very interesting thread. Written in two versions, English and French (bilingual author), this work speaks of discrimination, hope, resilience, hard work, pain, happiness, mistakes, family, friendship, community, integration, physics, philosophy, etc…

I urge you to read it”.

Signed french copy of “Smiling in Hardships”

Do you want to remain optimistic in every situation? To face the wizard you will need a copy, get it here: smilinginhardships.com

Efuet Atem,
Founder, CEO
World like Home

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Efuet Atem
Smiling in Hardships

Passionate about creating value in the society around me, I strive for a greater good for mankind. CEO World like Home & author of Smiling in Hardships.