YOU CAN'T (AND DIDN'T) WIN THEM ALL

"There is the greatest practical benefit in making a few failures early in life."

Thomas H. Huxley (1825-1895) English biologist.

A foreign concept to the majority of parents who only expressed approval for their kid's achievements, both real and imagined.

No acknowledgement of failures they feared would stifle their children's self-esteem.

Too bad because it is the small, youthful defeats that prepares us for the inevitable more meaningful ones we will experience as adults.

The Price Of Winning

"There are some defeats more triumphant than victories."

Michel Eyquem de Montaigne

16th century French philosopher

Ever not get a job or contract you felt you really wanted or needed?

If so you know what this means.

If not you likely one day will.

Good Management: Win, Lose or Draw?

"The moment of victory is much too short to live for that and nothing else."

Martina Navratilova

Could all those millions who train for, run, complete but don't win marathons, do so if they didn't enjoy all the training, right up to the moment they cross the finish line?

Martina is telling us to enjoy the process regardless of whether or not we win and since for most of us winning is the exception rather than the rule, I think she's right.

Can you be a good manager if you are only happy when you win?