Run Freely (A Lesson About Courage)Written by Gabriel Daniels
One afternoon, many years ago, I went to pick up my mother from work. I got there a little early so I parked car by curb, across street from where she worked, and waited for her. As I looked outside car window to my right, there was a small park where I saw a little boy, around one and a half to two years old, running freely on grass as his mother watched from a short distance. The boy had a big smile on his face as if he had just been set free from some sort of prison. The boy would then fall to grass, get up, and without hesitation or without looking back at his mother, run as fast as he could, again, still with a smile on his face, as if nothing had happened. At that moment, I thought to myself, “Why aren’t most adults this way?” Most adults, when they fall down (figuratively speaking), make a big deal out of it and don’t even make a second attempt. They would be so embarrassed that someone saw them fall that they would not try again. Or, because they fell, they would justify to themselves that they’re just not cut out for it. They would end up too afraid to attempt again for fear of failure. However, with kids (especially at an early age), when they fall down, they don’t perceive their falling down as failure, but instead, they treat it as a learning experience (as just another result/outcome). They feel compelled to try and try again until they succeed. (The answer must be...they have not associated "falling down" with word "failure" yet. Thus, they don’t know how to feel state which accompanies failure. As a result, they are not disempowered in any way. Plus, they probably think to themselves that it’s perfectly okay to fall down, that it’s not wrong to do so. In other words, they give themselves permission to make mistakes, subconsciously. Thus, they remain empowered.)
| | Ten major causes of failureWritten by Christos Varsamis
-Lack of a specific purpose in life. You can not hope to succeed in any field of your life if you don’t have a central purpose. If you don’t have a definite goal in your life then you will jump from one activity to another with no success. Almost 97% of people think and act this way. That’s why successful people, who have a clear goal in their life, are very few.-Lack of education. Most of successful people are “self educated” or “self made” as individuals. You can have five college degrees but if you don’t apply this knowledge it’s a waste. What counts is applied knowledge with a plan of action and not just knowledge. -Lack of self discipline. Discipline means self-control. You must control yourself and decrease your negative habits and qualities. If you don’t conquer yourself, it will conquer you. -Procrastination. It is one of major causes of failure. These kind of people are waiting for opportunities come to them instead of seeking for opportunities. They think that some day time will be right to act. That “right” time never comes. -Lack of persistence. Most people are good starters but they stop in run when first obstacles come. Obstacles are a chance to become better. They are ways to use your mind and improve your self. Quitters can not hope to success of any kind.
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