Asking the right questions
There are more good answers than we ask good questions.
Category: adversity
Diving In…
This is my son with his new roller blades. His first time at a skate park, dropping in. Notice the careful preparation, the commitment, then the exhilaration! Every time we learn something, there is that moment of choice, where we decide that despite the risks and uncomfortable feelings, the potential outcome is worth it all and […]
Fail Better
“Try again. Fail again. Fail better.” – Samuel Beckett So many things in life focus on success, but that’s not even half of the story. Every success comes after a series of failures. For this reason your focus most of the time needs to be on properly responding to failure. At work, school, even concerned family […]
“That DELETE key is on your machine for a good reason.” – Stephen King
Most of us maintain a mythical view of how things are made: springing fully formed from the nothingness, a product of genius. I’m beginning to think that this almost never happens. What does happen is a question, then an answer, then more questions, then more answers. Write, rewrite, then rewrite again. Build, then fail, then learn, […]
If your idea succeeds, everybody says you’re persistent. If it doesn’t succeed, you’re stubborn. – Judah Folkman
Be careful how you judge success and failure.
A series of repetitive failures
“Innovation is a series of repetitive failures.” – Judah Folkman
Don’t Fight the Music
As with most forms of art, there are those pieces of music or sculpture or painting that you’ll dislike. Perhaps what they portray or teach don’t match with your ideals of right and wrong. You’ll disagree on a moral level. Perhaps they bring forth memories of the past. Maybe they just look or sound chaotic […]
Contrast
I’ve visited a lot of places around the world, but I’ve only really lived in a few places. I grew up in Redmond, Washington, the Redmond before Microsoft. The little town with one stop light on Leary Way and fields next to the Library where I would ride my BMX bike. I grew to love […]
Finishers Wanted
When I was a little boy my Mom had me memorize this little poem: Stick to your task ’til it sticks to you;Beginners are many, but enders are few.Honor, power, place and praiseWill always come to the one who stays. Stick to your task ’til it sticks to you;Bend at it, sweat at it, smile […]
Passing of President Gordon B. Hinckley
Beloved Church President Gordon B. Hinckley, who led The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints through 12 years of global expansion, has died at the age of 97. President Hinckley was the 15th President in the 177-year history of the Church and had served as its President since March 12, 1995. I suppose he […]
David Weiss 