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Friday, February 22, 2002 Don't look at failure as final, it's simply a step in the process - Try to remind yourself that your failures are rarely final as the word failure implies. Rather they are lessons to gain insight into how to do things better the next time around. I would challenge you to find one occurrence in your own life where you have not actually gained something from a past mistake? It might take some heavy thought here, but as you ponder the situation I think you'll see what I mean. Even if it was as simple as learning what not to do the next time around, that's still valuable. The next time you find yourself faced with something that doesn't go as planned take the time to ponder what happened. Gain knowledge from the experience that you can apply so that things work out better the next time around. Success in most everything comes from an ongoing commitment to learning and applying what you learn. Our shortcomings can offer up valuable experiences when we choose to view them as lessons as opposed to failures... Your friend in cyberspace, Josh Hinds :-) posted by Josh Hinds | Permalink Friday, February 15, 2002 You are good enough to reach your dreams! Don't get caught up in watching others success! The time that you will spend being envious of another's success will only be taking away from your own personal achievements! In other words watch the successful, learn from them as you can. Success does leave clues, but always remember that you are just as capable as they are! It starts with your commitment to what you want to see manifest in your life, and a willingness to put action behind your beliefs... Your friend in cyberspace, Josh Hinds :-) posted by Josh Hinds | Permalink Friday, February 08, 2002 Track Your Achievements to Ensure Your Success... I don't feel like I am making fast enough progress - I think this is a far more common feeling than most realize. It tends to stem from our being so 'forward thinking' with regards to our own goals. Please don't get me wrong. There's nothing wrong at all with having long-term goals, as long as we take the time to acknowledge our achievements along the way... I used to be absolutely notorious for "not feeling like I was making progress on my own goals". I would always find myself asking, "Why I am not where I want to be yet?" Then a friend of mine made me realize that I was in fact making a plenty of progress. It was just that I was biased by my future goals to the point that I wasn't taking the time to give myself proper credit for what I'd already achieved. My friend, I encourage you to track your achievements. Don't simply cross out your goals as you reach them. Instead write them out (keep your own success journal). Save them for future reference so that the next time you feel you're not making ample progress in your life you can break out the proof that you are! ... Your friend in cyberspace, Josh Hinds posted by Josh Hinds | Permalink Friday, February 01, 2002 Don't Assume You Can't Do it, Just Because Conventional Wisdom Say's You Can't By Josh Hinds Be weary and leery when it comes to standardized tests and things of that nature that attempt to gauge your intelligence, aptitude, or ability to achieve at your given goal or dreams. Please don't misunderstand me, such things can and do have their place and even be quite effective in steering a person towards the right career path, classes to take in college, or which educational degree to pursue. The flip side of the coin, however; is that they can also end up being terribly fatalistic with regards to what *you* believe you're suited for, career wise, starting your own business, etc., or personally capable of achieving for that matter! I can't help but wonder how many people have fallen victim to such things simply because they believed such tests to be all knowing. Along the same lines, what about how many people were literally discouraged from doing something they might otherwise have thoroughly enjoyed doing. Perhaps through shear perseverance even have come to excel in the given area. One might cite Albert Einstein as such an example. Following his early years in education one would have been hard pressed to assume he'd earn the label of "genius". The problem as I see it, strictly from my observations and personal experience with a number of "great achievers" if you will, is that absolute love and excitement for what you do is far more often what leads to one's eventual success and achievements in a given area. Rarely is it how someone may, or may not have scored on a given test. I'd like to use myself as an example. The simple fact is if you were to look at absolutely any of my tests, etc. and judge me solely on that basis you'd say there was no way I'd have been fortunate enough to experience many of the things I've done. Please don't assume I am tooting my own horn here, ok? :-) The point I am trying to make is simply this... The tests may have been correct. I might have been "better suited" in other areas of life. Things might have come easier in the short run had I chosen another career choice. The thing is that I wanted to take my own path so much, that through my own life experiences I was able to figure my way around many of the stumbling blocks I've run into. Certainly I've made my share of mistakes. I've missed the boat on a whole lot of opportunities as well I'd bet. Perhaps things might have even been a bit easier had I followed the advice of others and the tests I'd taken. The thing is though, I'd have missed so much. I'd have missed a whole lot of happiness along the way as well. Perhaps most of all, I'd have missed sharing this very writing with you. My friend, follow your dream even when conventional wisdom might suggest otherwise... Your friend in cyberspace, Josh Hinds :-) posted by Josh Hinds | Permalink |
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