If I Fail
If I fail, let it not be for FEAR OF FAILURE or of FALLING SHORT OF PERFECTION. If I fail, let it not be for a lack of PRESENCE … ……… of PURPOSE; ……… of VISION ……. of COURAGE /\ of CONFIDENCE; ……. of BELIEF IN…
In our effort to continually decode the secrets of success or, more importantly, avoid failure, we provide insightful articles each month containing thought-provoking perspectives on building a successful and sustainable life.
Content is drawn from current events, personal experience, and archives of references from experts in multiple fields, including ancient philosophers. The bottom line consideration is: What works and what doesn’t work … what’s enduring … what’s translatable across all disciplines … what’s applicable to both life and work … and what’s sustainable.
Sometimes it helps to take a step back and see where we fit in the cosmos and sometimes it’s necessary to step forward and take a shot at the brass ring. In either case, we can use all the help we can get in Visioning and Vectoring. The Life Mastery Musings Blog uses Visioning and Vectoring tools and examples from both microscopic introspection and 60,000 foot vantage points to help deepen personal perspective, expand possibilities, and strengthen resolve to move onward.
What is it? And how do you DO it? Personal Growth is the nuts and bolts business of life. And it’s required! It’s the process of “Becoming” … fully human … fully US … fully YOU … fulfilling our true potential … and it’s an ongoing enterprise. Whatever age or stage of life…
One of the great experiences of my youth was going to the Buhl Planetarium in Pittsburgh. Among many other things, I was fascinated by the bicycle in the main lobby they had rigged to generate electricity. The faster you peddled the bike, the more wattage you could create and the more light bulbs you could…
What is your Battle Cry … your “Call to the Post” … your absolute imperative … your “Call to Action” … when important stuff needs to get done? What gets you off the dime and into serviceable action? What turns your “motor” on? What “Battle Cry” gets your heart pounding, your circulation going, and your…
“ … he took to business as if it were war.” Cornelius Vanderbilt: Bare-Knuckled Capitalism The Economist (London, UK) Apr 16, 2009 In the unperturbed moment, it’s easy to lose focus … to take your eyes off the goal … to let things slide … to become caught up in trivia and machinations … to…
Many metabolic, physiologic and endocrine abnormalities are “silent”; i.e., they show no warning signs before (“pre-“) one’s life or wellbeing are tangibly threatened (“clinical”). Great numbers of such “pre-clinical” conditions can be identified in formative stages via simple tests, including heart rate, blood pressure, and a standard “blood panel”. For this reason, physicians uniformly recommend…
It used to drive me nuts when our three sons would insist on doing their homework with MTV or other cacophony blaring in the background. But they kept bringing home top grades in advanced courses, so there wasn’t much I could really say, except “Great Work” when the report cards came in. For many years,…
“[The] random walk is a mathematical [representation] of a path that consists of a succession of random steps. For example, the path traced by a molecule as it travels in a liquid or a gas, the search path of a foraginganimal, the price of a fluctuating stock and the financial status of a gamblercan all…
The person in charge of things I’m not in charge of [which represents an entire alternative universe] dragged me to the local fitness center during the holidays to sign me up for an almost limitless list of physical fitness options – never mind the fact that I have both an exercycle and a NordicTrack e9,…
What differentiates the “human being” from non-human beings? Reason enough to ask comes from both historical record and the daily account of man’s blatant inhuman behavior, reflecting an unchecked rush toward satisfaction of “animal appetites”. Consider the “seven deadly vices” as ingrained animal kingdom characteristics which are, of course, markedly advanced in the human: …
Perhaps I was doomed to be an “Odd Fellow” from the start. My father was a card-carrying member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. (Yes, it’s a real organization! http://www.ioof.org/) But, quite apart from this formal association, he did a lot of “odd” things informally … like keeping two sets of books as an…
There is an increasing concern – at least an increasing discussion – about the fact that earth has finite dimensions and finite resources while its population – at this cusp of the 21st century – is threatening to exhaust both available space and resources within a foreseeable future. More than a few scientists and arm-chair…