Reflections on the Journey: 10/09/07

Nebula NGC3603

Photo from Hubble.

This image
from NASA's Hubble Space Telescope shows nebula NGC 3603, a young star cluster
surrounded by a vast region of dust and gas.

Over thinking is quite a nifty trick that you can play on yourself. It tricks you into believing that you are on your way to solve your problem. It keeps you protected against perceived dangers out there in the world like failure, rejection and embarrassment by keeping your actions to a minimum. It feeds your ego and tells you that you know more than others, that you are a clever person that has things figured out.

Importance of Failure

clipped from www.educatedbeing.com

Thomas Edison was successful because he knew the importance of failure. Had he given up after few failures, he would have not been able to find the right filament for the light bulb. According to him, failures tell you what won’t work. He used Ready-Fire-Aim approach rather than Ready-Aim-Fire approach. All you have to do is make an attempt and instead of being afraid of failures, embrace them, learn from them, and your aim will get better as you go along.