[nabentre] failure is a choice

[Mary Ellen]

Thanks for that message. I'd never heard it put quite that way before. I
haven't failed at water skiing; I just haven't succeeded yet.



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From: nabentre-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nabentre-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
Behalf Of Loren Wakefield
Sent: June 28, 2010 5:34 AM
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Subject: [nabentre] failure is a choice


This comes from Lou Tice.  He makes some interesting points here, and I
thought I would share them with all of you.  

 

I've talked a lot over the years about what it takes to succeed. Today, I'm
going to talk about what it takes to fail. 

 

>From time to time, everyone experiences setbacks. We set a course and 
>start out, but then we find ourselves at a dead end. Maybe we get fired 
>from a job or our spouse files for divorce or resources we needed to 
>finish a project don't materialize and we're left holding the bag. But 
>what does it take to turn a setback like this into a failure? Well, the 
>answer is simple. The only thing it takes is your attitude.

 

You see, failure is always a choice. Now, sometimes it's a perfectly
acceptable choice. For example, many of my friends are great golfers, but I
have chosen to be a failure at the game because I prefer to use my time and
energy to succeed in other ways. But when you choose to succeed and you're
willing to do what it takes, no matter what it takes, you may have setbacks,
but you won't fail.

 

Even if things go wrong, even if outside influences force you to adjust your
goals, even if others see you as a failure, they're dead wrong - if you are
determined to learn and grow from your mistakes. It's a well-known fact that
Thomas Edison tried thousands of substances before he found the right
filament for his electric light.

 

We didn't land human beings on the moon immediately after we decided on the
goal. It took study, research, trial-and-error, and mistakes were made. One
miscalculation caused three good men to die. But we did make it to the moon,
because we had learned from those mistakes to create success. More than
anything else, it was the attitude toward failure that ensured success.

 

Lou Tice

The Pacific Institute

Loren Wakefield

"The best way to predict your future is to create it."  Dr. Forrest C.
Shaklee 

www.shaklee.net/ultimatehealthwithtlc 

319-433-0145 866-433-3969 

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