Why you like that?
THE QUESTION: What would you attempt to do if you knew you could not fail?
Robert Schuller
Religious leader
One of the key characteristics of successful people is how they view failure.
Successful people rarely see failure as fatal; they see it as feedback. When they don't
get the desired result, they learn from the experience and try, try, again.
The most successful authors, inventors, actors, etc., have developed the ability to deal
with massive amounts of rejection. High achievers rarely think of failure as an end in
itself. Instead, they believe in delayed success. A loser says, "I can't do it,"
while a winner says, "I can't do it yet."
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A RCMAer, tired of his wife asking him how she looks, buys her a full-length
mirror. This does little to help, as now she just stands in front of the mirror, looking
at herself, asking him how she looks.
One day, fresh out of the shower, she is yet again in front of the mirror, now
complaining that her breasts are too small. Uncharacteristically, the RCMAer comes up with
a suggestion. "If you want your breasts to grow, then every day take a piece of
toilet paper, and rub it between your breasts for a few seconds."
Willing to try anything, the wife fetches a piece of toilet paper, and stands in front of
the mirror, rubbing it between her breasts.
"How long will this take?" she asks. "They'll grow larger over a period of
years," he replies.
The wife stops. "Why do you think rubbing a piece of toilet paper between my breasts
every day will make my breasts grow over the years?"
The RCMAer shrugs. "Why not, it worked for your ass, didn't it?"
He lived . . . and with a great deal of therapy, he might even walk again.
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A newly wed RCMAer takes his wife to the stock show during their European
honeymoon. They start heading down the alley that had the bulls. They come up to the first
bull and his sign stated: "This bull mated 50 times last year."
The wife turns to her husband and says, "He mated 50 times in a year, you could learn
from him."
They proceed to the next bull and his sign stated: "This bull mated 65 times last
year."
The wife turns to her husband and says, "This one mated 65 times last year. That is
over 5 times a month. You can learn from this one, also."
They proceeded to the last bull and his sign said: "This bull mated 365 times last
year."
The wife's mouth drops open and says, "WOW! He mated 365 times last year. That is
ONCE A DAY!!! You could really learn from this one."
The RCMAer turns to his wife and says, "Go up and inquire if it was 365 times with
the same cow."
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