Replying to LO25463 --
HI All,
I have not read Jamal's paper yet so the following is a thought sparked by
the post, not a comment on the paper or anyother aspects of Jamal'
posting.
I am a climber, a crag-rat rather than an alpinist and some years ago I
was having problems with increacing the grades to which I was climbing and
a lack of enjoyment in my sport.
In discussion I became aware that I was focusing on failure and seeing
failure as the opposite of success. "I must not fail" I would say to my
self. BooBoo. The opposite of failure is NOT success. The opposite of
failure is "not failing". In order to not fail you must first fail and
then not do it. This is nowhere as near as powerful as remembering the
opposite od success is "not success". On the crag I cannot fail, I can
only not succede, which is success but not as much as I hade looked for.
Simulaly, in business, we in Wales have a high rate of business failure.
NO WE DO NOT! We have a high level of business that does not succede.
The only failure is in not trying in the first place. To dream and then
to push dreams to the background and just do what you are doing is not
avoiding failure it is avoiding success. Believe in the majic of dreams
and give it a go is success. You may not get the dream, you may end up in
a worse place than you was before, but to try and not succede is the
actions of a nobel human - a grown up. To not try because you have a
focus on failure is the actins of a given up.
Now I will go and read the paper....
Roger.
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