Had this in my In Box this morning, thought it was worth sharing with you.
The Most Natural Thing To Do When You Get Knocked Down Is To Get Up How we respond to failure and mistakes is one of the most important decisions we make every day. Failure doesn’t mean that nothing has been accomplished. There is always the opportunity to learn something. What is in you will always be bigger than whatever is around you.
We all experience failure and make mistakes. In fact, successful people always have more failure in their lives than average people do. You will find that throughout history all great people, at some point in their lives have failed. Only those who do not expect anything are never disappointed. Only those who never try, never fail. Anyone who is currently achieving anything in life is simultaneously risking failure. It is always better to fail in doing something than to excel in doing nothing. A flawed diamond is more valuable than a perfect brick. People who have no failures also have no victories.
The College Of Hard Knocks!
Everybody gets knocked down, it’s how fast we get up that counts. There is a positive correlation between spiritual maturity and how quickly a person responds to his failures and mistakes. The greater the degree of spiritual maturity, the greater the ability to get back up and go on. The less the spiritual maturity, the longer the individual will continue to hang onto failures. Every person knows someone who, to this day, is still held back by mistakes he made years ago. God never sees any of us as failures; He only sees us as learners.
We have only failed when we do not learn from the experience. The decision is up to us. We can choose to turn a failure into a hitching post, or a guidepost.
Here is the key to being free from the stranglehold of past failures and mistakes: learn the lesson and forget the details. Gain from the experience, but do not roll over and over in your mind the minute details of it. Build on the experience, and get on with your life.
Remember: the call is higher than the fall.
Extracted from John L. Mason’s book “YOU’RE BORN AN ORIGINAL DON’T DIE A COPY!”
There is nothing like a good, old-fashioned, “it’s got to be done by this deadline” requirement that gets you fired up, focused, and into the game. – Gary Ryan Blair
I have quite a few obstacles that are causing me some grief at the moment. So instead of buckling it to them I decided face them head on. Here’s a few quotes that helped me get my head around them…
Most of our obstacles would melt away if, instead of cowering before them, we should make up our minds to walk boldly through them. – Orison Swett Marden
Overcoming Obstacles!
Press on. Obstacles are seldom the same size tomorrow as they are today.- Robert H. Schuller
Life’s up and downs provide windows of opportunity to determine your values and goals. Think of using all obstacles as stepping stones to build the life you want. – Marsha Sinetar
If you find a path with no obstacles, it probably doesn’t lead anywhere.- Frank A. Clark
It still holds true that man is most uniquely human when he turns obstacles into opportunities. – Eric Hoffer
History has demonstrated that the most notable winners usually encountered heartbreaking obstacles before they triumphed. They won because they refused to become discouraged by their defeats.- B. C. Forbes
Cartoon to illustrate some of Vince Lombardi’s inspirational quotes!
Here’s some of my favorite VL quotes about Winning, Winners…
***Winning is not a sometime thing; it’s an all time thing. You don’t win once in a while, you don’t do things right once in a while, you do them right all the time. Winning is habit. Unfortunately, so is losing.
Win Win Win!
***We would accomplish many more things if we did not think of them as impossible.
***Winning isn’t everything, but the will to win is everything.
***People who work together will win, whether it be against complex football defenses, or the problems of modern society.
***The price of success is hard work, dedication to the job at hand, and the determination that whether we win or lose, we have applied the best of ourselves to the task at hand.
When commissioning cartoons… Pick TWO of the three options!
Good+Fast = Expensive Choose this and I’ll postpone every other project on my drawing board, my round of golf or give up my footy match ticket and work day and night to get your job done. It WILL NOT BE CHEAP though!
Good+Cheap = Slow Choose good and cheap and I’ll still do a great job at a discounted price. But you’ll have to be patient while I fit you in after my higher paying clients, updating my web site, going down the gym, my footy matches, rounds of golf and liquid lunches!
Fast+Cheap = Inferior Choose this option at your peril. It will still be delivered on time but it will be inferior, as many corners as possible will be cut. You know the saying ‘You get what you pay for!’ The least favorable option in my opinion!
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