"Success is a lousy teacher.
It seduces smart people into thinking they can't lose." ~Bill
Gates
Have you been successful before? Are you successful now?
Have you found that you learn more from success or more from failure? Why is it
that our society so deeply frowns on failure?
What is failure? How do you
describe it? How do you feel about it? To me, failure is nothing more than
feedback. It's telling me that what I'm doing isn't working and I need to change
the strategy or the direction that I was going. Most people when they fail,
either quit or "try harder." Are you "trying harder" but getting the same
results?
Einstein said that "Doing the same thing over and expecting a
different result was insanity." Yet how many people do you know that are doing
that? Are you just doing the same thing over and over? STOP NOW!
Success is a lousy teacher. Why do you think so many championship
teams don't make it back to the championship game? Their success didn't teach
them to be better, they didn't have the same hunger and with everybody trying to
beat the champs, their success wasn't able to allow them to be prepared for the
new challenges.
Most of you reading this are smart...Don't let your
success make you think that you can't lose.
Know. Be Known. Make A
Difference!
"Success
is a lousy teacher. It seduces smart people into thinking they can't lose."
Showing posts with label Smart. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Smart. Show all posts
Thursday, January 24, 2013
Friday, February 26, 2010
Action vs. Inaction
"I never worry about action, but only about inaction." ~Winston Churchill
WOW, think about that! Churchill only worried about INACTION...not ACTION.
Think about the rest of us...what do we worry about? Action, right? We worry that we won't do it well enough, that someone might think we are not smart, that we are silly, that we are not business-like. RIGHT?
How can you change your mindset to worry about inaction instead of action? Are you willing to try? Do you see yourself as unique? If so, then let other people see your uniqueness! Don't wear a mask, let people see who you REALLY are.
What action have you not taken because you were worried about how it would be received? TAKE THAT ACTION NOW!! Worry about the inaction rather than the action.
Go back in history and think about how different the world would be today if Churchill hadn't taken action. Most of Europe would be speaking German today, not the 15 other languages that they do speak now. Who knows if the United States would have been pulled into the war? What if Germany had developed the nuclear bomb?
Never worry about action, but only about inaction.
Know. Be Known. Make A Difference!
"I never worry about action, but only about inaction."
WOW, think about that! Churchill only worried about INACTION...not ACTION.
Think about the rest of us...what do we worry about? Action, right? We worry that we won't do it well enough, that someone might think we are not smart, that we are silly, that we are not business-like. RIGHT?
How can you change your mindset to worry about inaction instead of action? Are you willing to try? Do you see yourself as unique? If so, then let other people see your uniqueness! Don't wear a mask, let people see who you REALLY are.
What action have you not taken because you were worried about how it would be received? TAKE THAT ACTION NOW!! Worry about the inaction rather than the action.
Go back in history and think about how different the world would be today if Churchill hadn't taken action. Most of Europe would be speaking German today, not the 15 other languages that they do speak now. Who knows if the United States would have been pulled into the war? What if Germany had developed the nuclear bomb?
Never worry about action, but only about inaction.
Know. Be Known. Make A Difference!
"I never worry about action, but only about inaction."
Monday, February 1, 2010
A Lousy Teacher
"Success is a lousy teacher. It seduces smart people into thinking they can't lose." ~Bill Gates
Have you been successful before? Are you successful now? Have you found that you learn more from success or more from failure? Why is it that our society so deeply frowns on failure?
What is failure? How do you describe it? How do you feel about it? To me, failure is nothing more than feedback. It's telling me that what I'm doing isn't working and I need to change the strategy or the direction that I was going. Most people when they fail, either quit or "try harder." Are you "trying harder" but getting the same results?
Einstein said that "Doing the same thing over and expecting a different result was insanity." Yet how many people do you know that are doing that?
Success is a lousy teacher. Why do you think so many championship teams don't make it back to the championship game? Their success didn't teach them to be better, they didn't have the same hunger and with everybody trying to beat the champs, their success wasn't able to allow them to be prepared for the new challenges.
Most of you reading this are smart...Don't let your success make you think that you can't lose.
Know. Be Known. Make A Difference!
"Success is a lousy teacher. It seduces smart people into thinking they can't lose." ~Bill Gates
Have you been successful before? Are you successful now? Have you found that you learn more from success or more from failure? Why is it that our society so deeply frowns on failure?
What is failure? How do you describe it? How do you feel about it? To me, failure is nothing more than feedback. It's telling me that what I'm doing isn't working and I need to change the strategy or the direction that I was going. Most people when they fail, either quit or "try harder." Are you "trying harder" but getting the same results?
Einstein said that "Doing the same thing over and expecting a different result was insanity." Yet how many people do you know that are doing that?
Success is a lousy teacher. Why do you think so many championship teams don't make it back to the championship game? Their success didn't teach them to be better, they didn't have the same hunger and with everybody trying to beat the champs, their success wasn't able to allow them to be prepared for the new challenges.
Most of you reading this are smart...Don't let your success make you think that you can't lose.
Know. Be Known. Make A Difference!
"Success is a lousy teacher. It seduces smart people into thinking they can't lose." ~Bill Gates
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