Tag: fail

What everyone should know.

I’ve spent quite a bit of time learning. One might say that most of my life was dedicated to gathering knowledge about a broad range of topics. Study was something I did for fun, especially on the subjects that interested me. I was a real nerd to be honest.

There is one thing that I didn’t really know as well as I thought I did though. It was something I should have known about thoroughly. It’s something that everyone should know about, and I’m sure if you ask anyone, they will tell you they know about it, but do they? The subject I was sort of in the dark about was actually… myself.

I really did think I knew all about me. I mean, I lived as me my whole life. Why shouldn’t I know everything there was to know? I should be able to predict my every thought and move. Something happened to me though. It wasn’t really one thing, but a series of stressful things all strung together. It made me doubt that I had it all figured out. I stumbled, and I often found myself driven by emotions. I was wrong about some things, and I began to fail. I also behaved in ways I never imagined. It wasn’t like me. I didn’t recognize myself. Who had I become?

It took a long, long time, but I’m finally starting to recognize myself again. That being said, I’m not really the same person. I’m me, but a different me, in some ways better, but in some ways worse. I think this was the person I was all along though. I just didn’t know me back then. At least I’m not naive about who I am anymore. The question is, what else do I not know about myself? Perhaps the real journey of life is actually just about getting to know your true self.

What should everyone know? Do you know yourself? Have you ever found yourself doubting things you thought you knew? Has life changed you? Have you ever been surprised by your own behavior? Ever face off against cognitive dissonance? Let me know it the comments, and don’t forget to like, share, and subscribe!

People I think are successful.

When I think of successful, who comes to mind? I guess I would need to sort of define success before I could determine who is successful. Let me think of some things that I think of when I think of the word success first. Here are a few things that come to mind.

  • A successful person has to believe in themselves. To be successful, you need to believe that you can achieve the goal. This requires you to have or develop a level of self confidence in your own abilities.
  • A successful person is able to achieve the desired result. People aim for different objectives, but a successful person has to have the ability and will power to push though and achieve their goal.
  • A successful person is someone who has put in the work. Winning the lottery doesn’t make you a success. It might help spur you toward it, but to be successful, you have to accomplish something on your own.
  • A successful person is someone who didn’t lie, steal, or bully his way to success. There is some degree of honor necessary. You can’t be truly successful if you have sold your soul to get there.
  • A successful person has to have perseverance and patience. Some goals take a long time and you may fail many times and have to put yourself back on track. A successful person has to get back up and keep trying.
  • A successful person has to have the nerve to take risks. There’s a luck factor involved in success. Fortunes were made merely by being in the right place, at the right time, and being prepared and willing to take on the job. Fortune favors the bold.

Based on this definition, I suspect there is no one who is perfectly successful. That being said, I do think a few famous people have achieved enough to be considered a success. I might not agree with what they accomplished, but I do admit they were successful at their objectives. Here are a few people I think might be considered relatively successful.

  • Steve Jobs. He was very successful at starting and leading Apple to the height of it’s position in our society.
  • Elon Musk. He managed to start and lead several successful companies, and is seen as a visionary by some of his fans.
  • Bill Gates. I don’t always agree with him, but I believe he was very successful at getting Microsoft to it’s prominent role in our society.
  • Steven King. He’s on my mind because I’m reading his book On Writing. I wouldn’t say he is my favorite author, but I believe he has been very successful.

What I would do if I knew I couldn’t fail.

There’s many things that would be fun to explore if I knew I couldn’t fail. It would be like playing a video game with infinite lives. No matter how hard you play, there’s no danger of total loss. I would be able to explore the whole world without fear. It might not be very challenging, but I would get to see everything life had to offer, and do it in complete safety.

The thing I would really like to do most, provided it was guaranteed not to fail, is drop everything about my current life and move a thousand miles away and start over with the person who’s company I really enjoy. In the end, I don’t think all the things we have are that important. For me, it’s being with the person I want to be around the most and helping them through life.

Unfortunately, I am tied up in more ways that I can count. It is pretty clear that this lifetime I am in is set in stone for the remainder of it. The only way I would find freedom is if there is a next life. I have learned a lot from my mistakes though. The number one mistake is don’t become obligated to anyone or anything. Live a completely free life and don’t make any promises. Go where your heart takes you.

What would you do if you couldn’t fail? Do you ever feel tied town by your obligations and choices? Is there someone you really enjoy being around? Do you believe promises are weighty? Do you think life would be better if you followed your heart? Let me know in the comments, and don’t forget to like, share, and subscribe!

My most epic baking or cooking fail

I honestly don’t think I have ever had an epic baking or cooking failure. If I have, the memory isn’t coming to me today. Maybe it’s because I don’t spend a huge amount of time in the kitchen, and the things I do prepare are really not overly complex or difficult to make. It’s true that what I cook might not taste exactly as I envisioned, but I don’t think it would be classified as an epic failure. I also pay pretty close attention to what I’m doing, so things don’t usually get out of hand. I suppose the most epic failure I have had would really just be me overcooking something or putting on too much of a particular seasoning. That’s about it on cooking failures.