All Entries Tagged With: "failure"
Seth Godin Tells Us To Quit!
Sometimes quitting is the best thing you can do. Knowing when to quit and when to stick is what separates the winners from the losers. Seth Godin, in his book The Dip, tells us that we should quit more often than we do. In fact, Godin states that strategic quitting is a secret of success. Hanging on too long to something that is going to fail simply drains you of time and resources that could be better spent elsewhere.
5 Do’s and Don’ts Of Living The Good Life For New Grads
All new graduates want to live the good life, don’t they? Remember the Monster.com commercials that aired several years ago with kids saying things like, “When I grow up, I want to file all day.” and “I want to claw my way up to middle management” and finally “I want to be paid less [...]
Your Dreams and Desires Are Your Guiding Light To Pursue
I am a firm believer that our desires are a guiding light for us to follow. No one gets to the end of their life and regrets going for their dream. On the other hand, I’m sure that there are those that wish they could go back and chase their desires. We only live [...]
American Idol Teaches Five Lessons On Being A Winner
We can learn some things about winning in life from observing others. I watched the American Idol Finale last night with my wife and daughters. It was interesting watching David Cook walk away as this year’s American Idol. I’m a very casual watcher of Idol, so I didn’t really care much who won. This [...]
There Are No Bad Decisions Only Bad Follow-Through
Very few of the decisions we make are bad ones. We generally do the best we can with the information we have available at the time. Consider this, the whole reason we need to make a decision between two alternatives is because the right choice is not 100% clear. If we knew perfectly the correct [...]
Cure Your Fear To Get The Most Out of Life!
Facing our fears head-on and moving past them is essential to living life to the fullest. It isn’t easy, but it is necessary. Fear is usually irrational. I have a fear of heights. It often doesn’t make any sense, but the emotion of it is hard to overcome. I can be standing on a tower [...]
