Life Balanced

I like to think that I’m a smart, motivated and disciplined person who has experienced a great amount of success in many areas of my life. That said, I am also keenly aware that I have an invisible barrier called “fear of failure” that has prevented me from enjoying the kind of success I’ve always dreamed of.

If you knew you could not fail, how would you live your life?

I do not fear failure. I only fear the slowing up of the engine inside of me which is pounding, saying, “Keep going, someone must be on top, why not you?”  ~George S. Patton

I’ve missed more than 9,000 shots in my career. I’ve lost almost 300 games. 26 times I’ve been trusted to take the game winning shot and missed. I’ve failed over and over and over again in my life and that is why I succeed.  ~Michael Jordan

Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, “Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous?” Actually, who are you not to be?  ~Marianne Williamson

Only those who dare to fail greatly can ever achieve greatly.  ~Robert F. Kennedy

Many of life’s failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up.  ~Thomas Edison

I am not judged by the number of times I fail, but by the number of times I succeed; and the number of times I succeed is in direct proportion to the number of times I can fail and keep on trying.  ~Tom Hopkins

Life is to be lived, not controlled, and humanity is won by continuing to play in face of certain defeat.  ~Ralph Ellison

Being defeated is often a temporary condition. Giving up is what makes it permanent.  ~Marilyn vos Savant

If you are not big enough to lose, you are not big enough to win.  ~Walter Reuther

No man is ever whipped until he quits - in his own mind.  ~Napoleon Hill

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