Failure is always something that has been so frowned upon. But it actually can be extremely beneficial.
In this blog post, I'm going to talk about some of the things I learned while reading this book. While adding some of my own stuff !
In this book by Scott Adams
Start Being Selfish With Your Life!
People frown upon the selfish outlook on life, And who could blame them. But the problem is, There are so many moments where we need to be selfish to grow and eventually give back.
Being selfish allows for balance, Allowing yourself to take a relaxing bath. Or spending quality time for yourself.
We often think we can't be selfish because someone will hate or judge us.
People Have this Inability To Express Themselves
It's essential to stop caring what others think of you; We put way too much weight on the opinion of others.
Things are rarely as bad as the worst case scenario that we play out in our heads. People can also detect fakes from a mile away and will be drawn to your amazing and unique personality.
Being honest about your abilities increases your value
We are often dishonest about what we are capable of. And sometimes that's a ridiculous way to go about life.
We need to see both sides of ourselves, And when we aren't honest about what we can do, It lowers our value.
We need to be resilient to haters and be overall exciting people to get the success that we desire.
Having a consistent system allows us to get things done!
Tackling 3-4 items on your to-do list every day makes a more significant difference, And it's essential to have a priority system.
Surround yourself with people who share your goals.
Don't let haters or your insecurities take advantage of your short life.
Detach yourself from the outcome, Don't be too afraid of the results, Even if you fail. Be glad you at least tried.
This book was fantastic; It's incredible that the qualities that many of us share, Are the same things that bring us down each day. We put too much weight on things that won't matter 5, 10 or 15 years from now. Instead, we need to focus on what matters if we want to get what we want in the long run.
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Look at Lincoln. He failed at virtually every endeavor in his public life, except the one that mattered most. He is regarded as perhaps our greatest president here in the US. He learned from his failures and achieved greatness.
We often forget to focus on ourselves and seek happiness. Happiness does come from within us or at least starts there. We often can do the world for some people than why not yourself as well .
What Iβve learned from life is that you shouldnβt ever give up because something may seem impossible to you at that point . Try try try !!
This book sounds pretty well
IT's here & IT's simple
JUST BE HAPPY! :)
(make whatever it requires to achieve)
very inspiring!
The key takeaways of Scott Adams's book are :
I 100% agree with the βbeing selfishβ aspect. You have to be selfish sometimes in order to Reach your ultimate goals. They are your goals so no one else is going to achieve them for you.
it's more like YOU BEing YOU as this makes you an ultimate BEing on this planet...
ULTIMATE BEing is being the hand of the GODhead...
There's nothing wrong with being selfish,
especially when being selfish allows you
to grow so that you can give more of
yourself. Life is like an airplane that has
lost cabin pressure. If you do not put your
oxygen mask on first, you will not be able
to help someone else get theirs on as well
as you would like.
Failure is an important part of success.
We are taught early on that failure is bad,
yet your last failure is your best teacher.
Babies learn to walk by failing. They learn
to speak by saying something wrong, and
being corrected until they get it right. To
learn to ride a bicycle, you must fall, get
back on it, fall again and just keep getting
back on until you have mastered your
balance and you never fall off. Failure is
good. Failure is your friend. Learning to fail,
is learning to be successful.
I agree with that one. By exaggerating your capabilities you may get into situations that are way over your head and the outcomes may be really bad.
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How fascinating, the human self is self-sabotaged in actions. the mind must be trained to the most important thing, which is positivism. ππ
I am a very insecure person, and i look down on myself atimes. I care alot about what people think, and try to do good by them even though i know its a bad thing i can't really help it. Its like being in a hole you can't crawl out from
Yep, people have inability to express them self, and are over reacting. Perception is vital! They say 10% percent is what happens and 90% how we perceive it.
First of all,
I think that is why many people end up as mediocres in life.
I can perceive that it is a very good book.
Yes, very true. We pay more attention or give value to others more rather than ourselves. Having people with similar dream or goal helps one to build and improve more. People are afraid of trying something new because they are afraid of failing but don't release in failure leads to a brighter idea. I can relate this book and post to the Ulog post i wrote yesterday Redefine your Stars
I AM not paying attention ... just BEing AWARE and AWAKE in this lucid dream :P
Great π
Good review about the book, life itself belong does who will take advantage of today to secure their future, it doesnβt matter what people will say about you, you just have to focus on what you want and where you are going to in reaching your destination, because they are so many obstacles on the way but what you do to overcome them makes you to stand up tall among your mates! Great post @kaylinart I enjoy reading your blog always, best of regards!
failure is the road to success!
you're a wise girl ;)
failure would be helpful if someone take it positive, rather some people take it negative and sometimes harm their lives
There is also the next life to consider, however, as well. Focusing too much on what this world considers "success" --especially if it leads to more ladder-climbing, selfishness, and immunity from the needs of others-- may get you ahead, temporarily, in the here-and-now....but there are even greater considerations which can not be ignored, for both the overall good of the world and your own soul. Peace. Peace.
Thanks for sharing a book that made an impact to your life. :) I love good books that change the way you look at things.
good topic and very important because it takes into account that although things do not always go well, you have to go ahead and get up
Thanks @kaylinart. That book sounds really good. I believe that you do have to take care of yourself i.e be "Selfish."
Many people do think that is such a bad notion. But it's just commonsense as you have to be healthy... mentally, spiritually, and physically to be able to help others !
It is true sometimes it is good to say no and continue growing alone, people can become a burden and it is best to work alone to look for the personal growth we seek, is not to be entirely selfish I think it's worrying about the future
@kaylinart take it from me and my experience. You can get lots of Wisdom from a life time of failures that will bring you closest to the BIG Success...............
Great set of advice here. We can chose to learn from failures and if so, they aren't failures but merely learning experiences.
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