Last Saturday I was at my daughter’s gymnastics practice meet. One of her teammate’s mother was telling me how her kids respond differently to failure. The first child, when given a bad score, simply shrugs off the negativity and continues on her way. It appears that she not moved by what happens. The second child […]
I use to slightly pride myself of having learned a lot from experience. Or more specifically, endured and moved beyond failure. Yes, I know the adage about wise people learning from another person’s experience. And I know of the saying, “experience is a hard teacher for she gives the test first and teaches the lesson […]
1 – Never Fail You’ve made fear and or security your god.You’ll never attempt much, never experience or learn much and thus never grow or go anywhere significant. 2 – Fail Once You’ve taken failure to mean permanent rejection. You see life as still images and miss the motion picture. You’ve been lied to. Everyone you envy, […]
When you have a setup back or disappointment, you can respond to it in one of three ways. First option is to become depressed. I know no one wants this option, and we could all say from outside the situation that we aren’t going to do this. But in reality, the more highly we think […]