Thoughts on Success

3/7/2016

- It is easy to become addicted to success since it is the gateway to acclaim and affirmation.  But there is price to pay for acclaim and affirmation and most aren't willing to pay that price.  Many would like to be able to play the guitar like the late Jimmy Hendrix or sing like Allison Krause, but most would not, because they have no concept of the commitment to practice, rehearsals, peaks and valleys, and disappointments that are preludes to such success.

- The theme that victory on the playing field is heavily influenced by what goes on off the field doesn't just apply to athletics.

- "Failure and success are not episodes but trajectories.  They are tendencies, directions, and pathways."   Rosabeth Moss Kanter

- Success can breed failure as it is garden for complacency.

- "When it is impossible to do your best, you must do the best possible." Abraham Lincoln

- "When you cannot make up your mind which of two evenly balanced course of action to take, choose the bolder of the two."  General W.J. Slim