A failure is not always a mistake. It may simply be the best one can do under the circumstances. The real mistake is to stop trying. – B. F. Skinner
Where do you think you’ve “failed?”
Have you given up on “that?”
What if you took what you learned and began again, more intelligently?
What if you didn’t stop trying?
The foundation stones for a balanced success are honesty, character, integrity, faith, love and loyalty. – Zig Ziglar Normally, people think of these things in terms of outward expressions of the above, but what if they were viewed through an inward looking lens? What if instead of thinking what you need to, or should, do…
A strong and well-constituted man digests his experiences (deeds and misdeeds all included) just as he digests his meats, even when he has some tough morsels to swallow. – Friedrich Nietzsche Looking at this post in my Drafts folder I wasn’t sure if I was going to actually write the post or not. It is,…
Last week I stated my intention to weigh 195 pounds on, or before, Sunday November 17th. It did not not happen Did I fail? Nope. In fact I learned some things about myself and what doesn’t work. My diet was poor and did not support…
If there is a fear of falling, the only safety consists in deliberately jumping – Carl Jung So often we don’t take risks because we’re afraid things won’t work out. We may not have that conscious thought, but the truth of not taking action or a risk that fear keeps us stuck. There’s a very…
One’s first step in wisdom is to question everything – and one’s last is to come to terms with everything. – George C. Lichtenberg These are not steps, in the traditional sense, to be taken in sequence. Ideally one takes both steps simultaneously, throughout their lives. I don’t mean to say you question “everything” in the…