Comments on: A Secret to Enjoying Any Situation Fearlessly

By: Ilia B.

Ilia B. — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 00:42:30 +0000

This is probably good advice for people who are accustomed to success, and over-stress when faced with failure.

Personally, I prefer the approach of thinking about the worst and about the best possible outcome of any situation in front of me. As soon as things beging to progress, you usually find yourself neither failing completely, miserably, nor totally rocking the house. This mental exercise helps me focus on dealing with the situation with less stress, since you get to focus your attention, mind and resources on the outcome that is most likely to occur — pure probability is on your side.

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Ronnie Nurss » Optimize your growth — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 01:37:55 +0000

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By: James

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By: Sean

Sean — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 01:11:48 +0000

“Because he has no goal in mind, everything he does succeeds” — Lao Tzu

Great blog and equally great post. I’ll be reading

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By: Glenn

Glenn — Sun, 27 Jul 2008 17:17:24 +0000

I really enjoyed the advice you sent me last week, and was pleased to see you elaborate on the idea of pre-acceptance of failure.

For me, at least, it relates back to the whole “Is the glass half-empty or half-full?” where I consider myself a realist – and thus my response is “It depends on whether you are pouring or drinking.”

From people who don’t quite understand, they see such an attitude as cynical or pessimistic, but for me, when I consider all possible outcomes, I know that I will be fine as long as I am totally confident in my abilities. And at that point, it’s merely a matter of competence and skill… and if the outcome is favorable, great. Less than? Back to the drawing board, but I’ve learned something.