Fail High – and still win
By Dan Miller
“Set your goals ridiculously high and you will fail above everyone else’s success.” - James Cameron, Academy Award-Winning Director
I love the thought here. If you decide you are going to run three marathons this year – and you fail by only running two, you have still accomplished more than 99% of the people in the world.
• What if you had a goal of writing two books this year but only completed one?
• What if you wanted to reduce your cholesterol by 50 points but only cut it down by 40?
• What if you wanted to compose a new song a month but finished the year with only 10 great songs?
• What if you set as a goal to increase your income from $50,000 to $100,000 but only hit $85,000 by December 31st?
• What if you wanted to pay cash for a $15,00 car by November 15th but you accumulated only $14,000 by that date?
• What if you wanted the greatest marriage in the world but you only eliminated 80% of the painful points in the marriage you have now?
Do you have a goal that is so “ridiculously high” that even if you only hit 50% of it you will still bypass everyone else?
Failure comes not in setting a goal and not hitting it – it is in not setting a goal at all and being stuck in sameness.
“A life spent making mistakes is not only more honorable but more useful than a life spent in doing nothing .” — George Bernard Shaw
(This article appeared in the October issue of the Nebraska Family Times. Would you like to receive Christian news and information in your mail box every month? I 1-year, 12-issue subscription to the Nebraksa Family Times is just $20! Start a subscription, extend your subscription, or give a gift subscription and you'll be entered to win Christian books or CD's and the grand prize of a Nook or Kindle e-reader! Go to http://nebraskafamilytimes.blogspot.com/p/give-gift-of-good-news-that-gives-all.html for more details!)
Dan Miller is the President of 48 Days LLC. For more go to http://www.48days.com/
By Dan Miller
“Set your goals ridiculously high and you will fail above everyone else’s success.” - James Cameron, Academy Award-Winning Director
I love the thought here. If you decide you are going to run three marathons this year – and you fail by only running two, you have still accomplished more than 99% of the people in the world.
• What if you had a goal of writing two books this year but only completed one?
• What if you wanted to reduce your cholesterol by 50 points but only cut it down by 40?
• What if you wanted to compose a new song a month but finished the year with only 10 great songs?
• What if you set as a goal to increase your income from $50,000 to $100,000 but only hit $85,000 by December 31st?
• What if you wanted to pay cash for a $15,00 car by November 15th but you accumulated only $14,000 by that date?
• What if you wanted the greatest marriage in the world but you only eliminated 80% of the painful points in the marriage you have now?
Do you have a goal that is so “ridiculously high” that even if you only hit 50% of it you will still bypass everyone else?
Failure comes not in setting a goal and not hitting it – it is in not setting a goal at all and being stuck in sameness.
“A life spent making mistakes is not only more honorable but more useful than a life spent in doing nothing .” — George Bernard Shaw
(This article appeared in the October issue of the Nebraska Family Times. Would you like to receive Christian news and information in your mail box every month? I 1-year, 12-issue subscription to the Nebraksa Family Times is just $20! Start a subscription, extend your subscription, or give a gift subscription and you'll be entered to win Christian books or CD's and the grand prize of a Nook or Kindle e-reader! Go to http://nebraskafamilytimes.blogspot.com/p/give-gift-of-good-news-that-gives-all.html for more details!)
Dan Miller is the President of 48 Days LLC. For more go to http://www.48days.com/
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