read article identify three of Lincoln's most successful adaptation strategies

First, please consider this list of failures and successes(http://www.abrahamlincolnonline.org/lincoln/education/failures.htm) in the life of Abraham Lincoln. We're suggesting that one of Lincoln's greatest attributes was his ability to recover and learn from failure. The quality of perseverance seemed especially useful to Lincoln as he struggled with "melancholy" (what might now be called depression) Please read this related article (https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2005/10/lincolns-great-depression/304247/) by Joshua Wolf Shenk. 

For Lincoln, learning how to persevere also meant learning how to adapt. Based on your reading of Shenk's article, please identify three of Lincoln's most successful adaptation strategies (skills, habits, or ways of thinking) that helped him use his struggle with depression to accomplish worthy goals.