A quick guide to avoiding failure and criticism.
How to Avoid Failure and Criticism
Also see how these fleas are genetically wired to avoid failure and disappointment:
Alternatively, you may wish to go off-piste and “Escape the circus and live beyond the limits of the imaginary lid”. But don’t say I didn’t warn you!
“Life is a daring adventure, or it is nothing”
- Helen Keller
This awesome lecture from Randy Pausch has clocked up quite a few views on Youtube (13 million at the time of writing). It’s over an hour long but well worth it.
Some nuggets that I love from the late Randy Pausch, who is delivering this lecture with 10 tumours in his liver and a life expectancy of 3-6 months:
Some people have some complex hobbies. Like pole-vaulting. I’m sure there is a structured way of learning pole-vaulting so that you build up to your first ‘vault’ in gradual steps. But at some point you will have to bite the bullet and go for it. It’s a leap of faith.
With this is mind – where the hell do you get started with base jumping? The courage to do this is just enormous. It’s bonkers. But she did it, and did it with grace. To quote buzz lightyear, “it ain’t flying – it’s falling with style.” See also Base-Book.com
