The more insidious of life's obstacles are your internal obstacles.
People, institutions, rules, regulations, and hierarchies all play major roles in our life. They get in our way, they make us stumble, we get frustrated, and we give up.
Perfectionism — The Killer Of Thousands Of Entrepreneurs.
"One of this biggest things that can kill a persons hopes and dreams is being a perfectionist. It’s that little voice in your head saying that you are not good enough… that the product is not good enough to ship, that the book is not good enough to finish, that you are not good enough for the promotion, and many more."
The Monster Inside Of YOU.
"It was a very good year . . ."
Change Your Life With A Cookie.
"You don't become a failure until you're satisfied with being one." A fortune cookie — I found this in a darn fortune cookie!
How serendipitous life is — when you least expect it — the universe opens a door to enlightenment.
So what does this mean?
- You are not instantly a failure when you fail.
- No one can make you a failure.
- Only you can make yourself a failure.
- It's easy to fail, but then it's also as easy to decide to learn from your failure.
- Failure is a prolonged state of mind.
- Failure influences future behaviors.
Are you going to make mistakes? Sure.
Are you going to fail? Sure.
But we need to understand is HOW we react to that failure. If we let it defeat us — Failure has won.
If we step back and learn from our failure — we move on. We stay strong. We get that much closer to success.
So today — don't focus on your failures, your losses, your dropped balls, your missed chances.
Today I want you to see what CAN happen. What you can do right NOW.
You'll thank me.
Failure: How You Deceive Yourself Everyday.
Are You Frustrated? Good!
Are You Paralyzed At Work?
"If You Have Fear, You Will Fall."
If you know me, I'm constantly out in the electronic zeitgeist learning new things and meeting new people. This morning, I came upon Human Planet, an incredible BBC documentary on a man called Tete (who makes Chuck Norris look like a schoolgirl). He climbs a very tall tree (120-150 feet in the air) with just a vine and his willpower.
Why? To break into a bee hive to get honey for his family. By the way, he probably gets stung scores of times during the process.
How To Pick Yourself Up After You Fail.
3 Ways To Believe In Your Ability To Succeed.
Well — Do You? My family and I just watched the film, 'The Polar Express' last night with Tom Hanks. It’s a wonderful movie — great story, wonderful animation, and the acting is top notch.
One of the themes is the main character’s ability to ‘Believe’ in the existence of Santa Claus. It’s all focuses on hearing one of the sleighbells from Santa’s sleigh . . . oh . . . I’m getting off course here.