There’s only one way to succeed in anything, and that is to give it everything. Vince Lombardi
I think people sometimes hesitate to give “it” their “everything” because they worry that “it” might not be enough.
Don’t worry if “it” is your best at a given moment, just give your best, all the time, every time – regardless of whether it’s your best ever.
The important thing is to learn a lesson every time you lose. – John McEnroe Always make sure you learn.* Otherwise, what’s losing for? ***** * And make sure you learn when you win too!
You might not want to do everything you imagine, but you can’t do anything you can’t imagine doing. I pondered over the above words a fair amount. I wanted them to be expansive and positive, while still defensible against critics and pessmists. I wanted them to strike a balance between what people often see as…
Failure is success if we learn from it. – Malcolm Forbes Quite simply, you fail when give up or refuse to learn from non-ideal or un-desired outcomes. There is such thing as “failure.” Everything produces a result, it’s up to you to do something with all your outcomes.
Everyone (in self-help and related fields), it seems, talks about “loving-what-you-do.” And how they have the formula/process/program/book to help you do it. It’s bad advice and a disservice to promise such. Putting aside my theory about how purpose is not outside us and nothing we need discover or create (it’s within and covered by by “crap”)…
I receive Hugh MacLeod’s blog updates and highly recommend you subscribe as well. One recently got my attention and reminded me of a favorite quote from one of my mentors (Thomas Leonard): “People do what they do because they don’t have anything better to do.” Check out Hugh’s blog post here before reading on. I…
I have ridden motorcycles for over three years now. It was only a couple months ago that I was introduced to ear plugs. A friend asked if I had some ear plugs as I was leaving his house and I (somewhat sheepishly) said “No.” I then admitted that had never used them while riding. Without…