Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in getting up every time we do. – Confucius
People confuse glory, and success, with never failing.
Quite the contrary.
Success, and glory, consists of getting back up each time you get knocked down.
Of learning from non-desired outcomes and beginning again, with wisdom and humility.
The only real failure is in staying down.
Are you disaster-tolerant? (Do you have reserves?) This question is well-posed in Seth Godin’s blog post (here it is in its entirety): Not all disasters can be avoided. Not all disasters are fatal. If you accept these two truths, your approach to risk will change. If you build a disaster-tolerant nation or project or lifestyle,…
Patience has its limits. Take it too far, and it’s cowardice. – George Jackson There’s a difference between preparation and stalling. There’s a difference between waiting-for-the-right-moment and procrastination. Knowing the difference makes all the difference.
Do not spoil what you have by desiring what you have not; remember that what you now have was once among the things you only hoped for. – Epicurus I would tweak the above and say: instead of craving what you don’t have, set goals based on your best guess of what else you might want…
Positive Thinking, by itself, isn’t much, and it’s certainly not sufficient. Positive thinking without constructive visualization and consistent action/adaptation is like pizza without sauce, and cheese, and toppings, and an oven, and someone skilled to make the pizza and bake, and slice, it — it’s just dough. Positive thinking when combined with vivid and emotionally charged…
I’m in the Transformation Story business – to go from where you are to who you want to be. I help my clients to create transformations in their lives. In Life we’re in one of three modes: Stagnation, Transformation or Evolution. Stagnation is where most people are. They’re stuck (but don’t know it). They’re reacting to life. Worst…