Failure is feedback

“Failure is just another way to learn how to do something right.” – Marian Wright Edelman

“Good people are good because they have come to wisdom through failure.” – William Saroyan

“Failure is nothing but success trying to be born in a bigger way.  Most seeming failures are just installments toward victory! – Catherine Porter

Installments toward victory!

It’s not over!  Let’s go!

You don't change until you have a crisis

When things are going pretty well, people don’t change.  Why should they?  There is no reason to change.  We like habits.  Habits make it easier because we don’t have to think much.

But things happen in two ways.  Slowly….and then suddenly. 

Slowly we become unhealthy.  Suddenly we have a crisis.

Slowly we become broke.  Suddenly we are out of money.

Slowly we lose friends.  Suddenly we are alone.

Slowly we spend our reputation.  Suddenly we have no credibility.

When things happen slowly, we don’t change.  Then we have to and it is not fun.  

In some cases, we don’t get a second chance.  The accumulated mistake is fatal.

The wise among us will see what happens when we do this or that and look ahead and see what will happen one day if we keep doing that and change – before they have to.

What do you need to change now – before you HAVE TO?

How much should you achieve?

I love this idea from Jim Rohn –

“Your goal is the development of your full potential.  Why not see who you can become?

How far should you go?  As far as you can.

How much should you learn?  As much as you can.

How much should you achieve?  All you can.

I’m in.

You?

High Hanging Fruit

Did you know the term “sour grapes” came from the idea that if you couldn’t reach fruit because it was too high, that you’d justify it by telling a lie to yourself to make yourself feel better- “they were probably sour anyway”.

You lost – “Ah, I didn’t want to win that bad anyway.”

You’re not doing good? – “It’s not important to me anyway”. 

Somebody else is doing good? – “They probably cheated”.

Sour grapes.

Anybody can pick the low-hanging fruit.

While the high-hanging fruit is harder to reach, it can be the most plump, sweetest reward.

Reach.

Strap on your cape!

Got problems?  Got projects?  Got issues?

Somebody else need help?

Nobody else coming to save you or them?

Get mad, get determined, get whatever you gotta get and summon what you got.

Strap on your cape and let’s go!

Face it, do it, crush it – WIN it and feel good.

Today!

Be the exception

Habits, attention, friends, how you spend your time…

You can’t be normal if you want to be above average.

Be the exception.

Produce Results

Your ability to produce results that someone is paying for is how you will get paid. 

What abilities do you have that people will pay for?

The person/people (customer) you are helping is always the judge as to how much value you bring.

How have you developed your skills to do this very well?

Life Phases

1) Stuff – I need stuff.  Stuff is cool when I get it.

2) More stuff – If some is good, more is better.

3) Different stuff – I want certain stuff I like.

4) Purpose, Philanthropy, Helping Others – stuff doesn’t turn me on anymore.  Now I want to do what I was meant to do, and I enjoy helping others.

What phase are you in?

You're in charge.

“When life gets tough, some of us feel that we’ve lost and life has won.  But life isn’t trying to defeat you.  Life isn’t even a participant – the game is yours.” – Mo Gaudat

The game is yours.

You are in charge of your own life.

Let’s go.

Do you have ADD?

Many people have it.

Their lives are not what they could be because of it.

It’s so sad.

ADD.

Adventure Deficit Disorder.

When was the last time you went on an “adventure”?  That doesn’t mean traveling to the next state to sit by a pool. 

It means when you try something where you don’t know the outcome exactly…you go somewhere very different – out of the box for you…or maybe you have a goal to help someone but you have to gather resources and get uncomfortable…or you go into the wilderness and explore…

A real adventure is one you are a little nervous about but you put yourself out there anyway.  One you really look forward to it and you can’t stop talking about it afterwards.  It stretches you.  You become a different person.

Do you have at least one real adventure planned for this year?

Tell us what it is in the comments!

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