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Bunting Your Way Through Life

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Real Estate Agent with Keller Williams

 

 

Speech writer Charles Parnell observed, "Too many people are having what might be called, "near-life experiences." They go through life bunting, so afraid of failure that they never try to win the big prizes, never knowing the thrill of hitting a home run or even taking a swing at one."

We all fail, it just so happens that successful peoples fail more than failures do. The difference is failures quit, and the successful try again and again and again until they succeed.

Sports writer Grantland Rice observed, "Failure isn't so bad if it doesn't attack the heart. Success is alright if it doesn't go to the head."

French writer, poet, and critic Guillaume Apollinaire wrote,

Come to the edge.
No we will fall.
Come to the edge.
No we will fall.
They came to the edge.
He pushed them and they flew.

Those who fly always first get to the edge, and those who swim get in water over their heads. If you want to seize an opportunity, you must take a risk. If you want to grow you must make mistakes. If you want to reach your potential, you will have to take chances. If you don't, you will be resigned to a life of mediocrity. The people who don't make mistakes end up working for those who do. And in the end, they often end up regretting the safe life they lived.

Blog taken from John C. Maxwell's book The Difference Maker: Making Your Attitude Your Greatest Asset

 

Comments (1)

Richard Dolbeare
Inactive - Wailuku, HI
Living the Hawaii Lifestyle

No bunting for me, life is too short as it is!  It's why I retired from a high-paying job in industry, moved to Hawaii, and took up real estate.

Sep 18, 2009 01:48 AM