Posted by
Icarus on Thursday, January 29, 2009 1:13:41 PM
A bit of wisdom from Denis Waitley's latest Ezine:
Baseball's greatest hitter grew up near my neighborhood in San
Diego. When Ted Williams slugged for the Boston Red Sox, my father and
I kept a record of his daily batting average. And when I played Little
League ball, my dad told me not to worry about striking out or not
getting a lot of hits. In Williams' finest year, dad reminded me, he
failed at the plate 60 percent of the time.
Football's greatest quarterbacks complete no more than 6 of 10
passes. The best pro basketball players make only half their shots.
Actors and actresses auditioning for roles are turned down 29 out of 30
times. And stock market winners make money on only 2 out of 5 of their
investments.
Since failures are a given in life, success takes more than
leadership practices and a positive outlook. It also takes an
appropriate response to the inevitable, including an effective
combination of risk-taking and perseverance.
You must risk to gain security, but never seek security. When
security becomes a major goal in life – when fulfillment and joy are
reduced to merely holding on, sustaining the status quo – the risk
remains heavy. It is then the risk of losing the prospects of real
advancement, of not being able to ride the wave of change today and
tomorrow. Had the founders of Google, Yahoo, and Amazon.com been
concerned with immediate profits and return on investment, we would not
be enjoying those Internet services today.
-- Denis Waitley
If you find this as inspiring and want more, than prove it - subscribe to Dr. Waitley's Ezine at his website Denis Waitley International.