Conan O'Brian and Failure

"It is our failure to become our perceived ideal that ultimately defines us and makes us unique. It’s not easy, but if you accept your misfortune and handle it right, your perceived failure can be a catalyst for profound re-invention." -- Conan O'Brian

take it easy

"Don't talk yourself into being you" -- Bill Cosby

Do what you love

Love is a better teacher than duty.
Albert Einstein

How do you interpret this quote?

Deena Kastor on Comfort

"I've always taken the philosophy that you have to dream a little in this sport. If you stay in your comfort zone, you're not going to do anything special."

-- Deena Kastor, holder of American marathon and half marathon running records 

Mistakes aren't always bad

A person who never made a mistake never tried anything new.
---Albert Einstein

How do you interpret this quote?

Excellence

In the long run you only hit what you aim at. Therefore, though, you should fail immediately, you had better aim at something high. -- Thoreau

Deciding who we are

"I think that somehow, we learn who we really are and then live with that decision."
— Eleanor Roosevelt


How do you interpret this quote?

The Voice of Gloom and Doom

If you are going to let the fear of poverty govern your life ... your reward will be that you will eat, but you will not live -- George Bernard Shaw

Maya Angelou

"I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel."
— Maya Angelou
 
How do you interpret this quote? I think it gives an interesting perspective about respect.

accept change

"You must give up the life you planned in order to have the life that is waiting for you.”
— Joseph Campbell

Relationships and You

We teach people how to treat us - Dr. Phil Mcgraw

This quote moves me because it tells me that, to some extent, I have control of my own destiny when it comes to my interpersonal relationships.

Team Success by Michael Jordan

I've missed more than 9000 shots in my career. I've lost almost 300 games. 26 times, I've been trusted to take the game winning shot and missed. I've failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed.

--- Michael Jordan

Don't shut down, give up, or worry that you let everyone down. Michael Jordan was on a team, and that team still trusted him to take a shot even after all his failed ones.

try try again

"Success is 99 percent failure" - Soichiro Honda

If you build it, they will come

Have you ever been left with a dozen steaks on the grill, a big cake, and no one at your birthday party? It stings, doesn't it?  Its the feeling of wanting the public's approval, but not getting it. It's putting your heart and soul out there for others, and not getting the recognition you expected and perhaps even deserved. Maybe not everyone has felt that feeling.



Okay, I get it. You were popular and no one ever let you down. You got all the love you needed. You still need this lesson too.


Every project requires someone to carry it through, and someone to appraise it. This lesson is about that other side of the coin. Once you have build it, how will the audience judge it?

If I build it, they will come.

Go ahead and start that blog, build that prototype, and plan that party. Have faith that your good intentions will be received well. You can not control how other people perceive you or your work, but you can put your best foot forward and think positively.

Appreciation

Appreciation is a wonderful thing: It makes what is excellent in others belong to us as well. - Volitaire. 

Appreciation goes both ways. Sure, give honest, sincere, compliments to those you notice, but you also got to learn how to take a compliments. Appreciate your compliment. Don't shrug it off. Gracefully accept and take a moment to savor the love today. 

King of the Wild Frontier

"Make sure you're right, then go ahead" -Davy Crockett

Sometimes we are our own worst enemy, and, well, sometimes we aren't. This quote reminds me that my internal struggle doesn't have to be a big deal.

Today, practice having conviction.