What is defeat? Nothing but education; nothing but the first step to something better." ~Wendell Phillips
Is that the way your view Defeat or Failure? It's not that way for most people. I had a chance to experience this first hand...as someone objected to my posts and reported me to Facebook. Interesting...it has required me to re-write this post and make it even better!
Defeat is nothing more than an education. It is nothing more than a learning experience. Do you see that when things don't go your way? Do you see that when you experience the thing that we call failure? I hope so. Henry Ford said that "Failure is only the opportunity to begin again more intelligently." Now that's the way to look at defeat/failure. Don Shula said, "Failure is never fatal or final." Do you look at failure that way? Too many people give up when they face failure and giving up is THE ONLY WAY to failure!
Defeat is nothing more than the first step to something better. Wow, can you look at defeat that way? I'm sure that is the way that Edison looked at his invention of the light bulb. He focused on what it would do for the world and not that it took him so many times to figure it out. What are you focusing on, the defeat or the learning experience?
How do you look at defeat or failure? If you are having trouble overcoming a past defeat, realize that something better awaits you...only if you are looking for it. We get what we are expecting and what we look for. If you get bad stuff and it keeps happening, STOP looking for and expecting it. Change your focus!
Know. Be Known. Make A Difference!
"What is defeat? Nothing but education; nothing but the first step to something better."
"The marvelous richness of human experience would lose something of rewarding joy if there were no limitations to overcome."~Helen Keller
What is limiting you now? Why are you letting it limit you? Most of our limitations come from our own mind. Is that what is limiting you today? Why? Think about the things that Helen Keller had to overcome and notice that I didn't say limitations. I'm not sure she ever thought that she had any!Samuel Johnson said "Adversity has ever been considered the state in which a man most easily becomes acquainted with himself." Are you becoming acquainted with yourself? Who are you becoming?Our lives are based on overcoming our limitations and dealing with adversity. How are you doing? Really? It's important to realize that we are never face with a problem that we can't deal with or overcome...unless we choose to not deal with it or not overcome it. Dig deep, find that limitation and adversity overcoming button within you. Remember, you are never given a challenge without the tools to deal with that challenge. It's your choice, no one elses.Find your overcoming button within you, if you already haven't. When was the last time you needed to use it...you might be needing it now.
Know. Be Known. Make A Difference!
"The marvelous richness of human experience would lose something of rewarding joy if there were no limitations to overcome."
"The marvelous richness of human experience would lose something of rewarding joy if there were no limitations to overcome."~Helen Keller
What is limiting you now? Why are you letting it limit you? Most of our limitations come from our own mind. Is that what is limiting you today? Why? Think about the things that Helen Keller had to overcome and notice that I didn't say limitations. I'm not sure she ever thought that she had any!Samuel Johnson said "Adversity has ever been considered the state in which a man most easily becomes acquainted with himself." Are you becoming acquainted with yourself? Who are you becoming?Our lives are based on overcoming our limitations and dealing with adversity. How are you doing? Really? It's important to realize that we are never face with a problem that we can't deal with or overcome...unless we choose to not deal with it or not overcome it. Dig deep, find that limitation and adversity overcoming button within you. Remember, you are never given a challenge without the tools to deal with that challenge. It's your choice, no one elses.Find your overcoming button within you, if you already haven't. When was the last time you needed to use it...you might be needing it now.
Know. Be Known. Make A Difference!
"The marvelous richness of human experience would lose something of rewarding joy if there were no limitations to overcome."
"What is defeat? Nothing but education; nothing but the first step to something better." ~Wendell Phillips
Is that the way your view Defeat or Failure? It's not that way for most people. I had a chance to experience this first hand...as someone objected to my posts and reported me to Facebook. Interesting...it has required me to re-write this post and make it even better!
Defeat is nothing more than an education. It is nothing more than a learning experience. Do you see that when things don't go your way? Do you see that when you experience the thing that we call failure? I hope so. Henry Ford said that "Failure is only the opportunity to begin again more intelligently." Now that's the way to look at defeat/failure. Don Shula said, "Failure is never final." Do you look at failure that way? Too many people give up when they face failure and giving up is THE ONLY WAY to failure!
Defeat is nothing more than the first step to something better. Wow, can you look at defeat that way? I'm sure that is the way that Edison looked at his invention of the light bulb. He focused on what it would do for the world and not that it took him so many times to figure it out. What are you focusing on, the defeat or the learning experience?
How do you look at defeat or failure? If you are having trouble overcoming a past defeat, realize that something better awaits you...only if you are looking for it. We get what we are expecting and what we look for. If you get bad stuff and it keeps happening, STOP looking for and expecting it. Change your focus!
Know. Be Known. Make A Difference!
"What is defeat? Nothing but education; nothing but the first step to something better."
"The marvelous richness of human experience would lose something of rewarding joy if there were no limitations to overcome."~Helen Keller
What is limiting you now? Why are you letting it limit you? Most of our limitations come from our own mind. Is that what is limiting you today? Why?
Samuel Johnson said "Adversity has ever been considered the state in which a man most easily becomes acquainted with himself." Are you becoming acquainted with yourself? Who are you becoming?
Our lives are based on overcoming our limitations and dealing with adversity. How are you doing? Really? It's important to realize that we are never face with a problem that we can't deal with or overcome...unless we choose to not deal with it or not overcome it. Dig deep, find that limitation and adversity overcoming button within you. It's your choice, no one elses.
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Find your overcoming button within you, if you already haven't. When was the last time you needed to use it...you might be needing it now.
Know. Be Known. Make A Difference!
"The marvelous richness of human experience would lose something of rewarding joy if there were no limitations to overcome."
