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A thought by John C. Maxwell (2016-02-02) from his book, 3 Things Successful People Do: The Road Map That Will Change Your Life (p. 116). Thomas Nelson. Kindle Edition. ( Click on the title of the book to go to Amazon.com to buy the book.) This matter of failing forward is such an important thing to believe and do.    In a continuation of this thought on people taking failure personal John says, “They start saying to themselves, ‘Why can’t you do anything right?’ or ‘You shouldn’t have tried; you knew you couldn’t do it,’ or ‘See that; you’re a failure!’ John then says, “But there is a huge difference between saying ‘I have failed’ and ‘I am a failure.”   Someone who has failed can learn from her mistakes and move on. It doesn’t change who she is. But the person who tells himself, ‘I am a failure,’ gives himself little hope of improvement. No matter what he does or where he goes, his failure stays with him because he has internalized it. He makes it an inseparable part

A thought by John C. Maxwell (2016-02-02) from his book, 3 Things Successful People Do: The Road Map That Will Change Your Life (p. 114). Thomas Nelson. Kindle Edition. ( Click on the title of the book to go to Amazon.com to buy the book.) John in this book is dealing with success and he asks a question that many of us would ask, “Doesn’t success mean avoiding failure?”   And that seems like a good question. But John says, “The answer is no. All of us fail. As we travel, we all hit potholes, take wrong turns, or forget to check the radiator. The only person who avoids failure altogether is the person who never leaves her driveway. So the real issue is not whether you’re going to fail. It’s whether you’re going to fail successfully (profiting from your failure) or allow failure to send you on a permanent detour. As Nelson Boswell observed, ‘The difference between greatness and mediocrity is often how an individual views mistakes.’ If you want to continue on the success journ

A thought by John C. Maxwell (2016-02-02) from his book, 3 Things Successful People Do: The Road Map That Will Change Your Life (p. 109). Thomas Nelson. Kindle Edition. ( Click on the title of the book to go to Amazon.com to buy the book.) Have you found that fear can be a powerful deterrent in living our life to its fullest?   It really can be but as John says, “Most of the fears we face every day are not based on facts. They are generated by our feelings.”   And that is so important to understand.   John shares a study conducted by the University of Michigan which showed the following: “• 60 percent of our fears are totally unwarranted; they never come to pass. • 20 percent of our fears are focused on our past, which is completely out of our control. • 10 percent of our fears are based on things so petty that they make no difference in our lives. • Of the remaining 10 percent, only 4 to 5 percent could be considered justifiable.” He then says, “These statistics show