[Noisebridge-discuss] Fwd: [The Listserve] Attempt failure

[Daniel Pitts]

I like it more when I fail at failing and succeed, but a good failure is 
often a better teacher than any number of successes.
On 10/18/12 11:40 AM, Geoff Shively wrote:
> i know its obvious, but sometimes its just good to hear =)
>
> FAIL HARD & OFTEN YALL
>
> (from lottery selection list service)
>
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Priscilla Haring <no-reply at thelistserve.com>
> Date: Thu, Oct 18, 2012 at 11:29 AM
> Subject: [The Listserve]  Attempt failure
> To: gshively at gmail.com
>
>
> Right, sooo..  I am a social scientist - a communication scientist - a
> media psychologist - a game researcher and an expert on mediated
> motivation So I should know a thing or two about human behaviour Apart
> from that (or maybe intertwined) I have had quite an eventful life >
> it often feels like I've had two or three and when I have your
> collective attention for a moment I would like to share something with
> you that could possibly improve your life After trying to discern what
> seperates the happy people from the unhappy people I come up with one
> piece of advice:
>
> Fail..
>
> Fail big and fail harder Unafraid and Unashamed Do a thing you want to
> do and fail at it
>
> Once you have failed, notice how things basically stay the same.. Your
> friends will still be your friends, the sky will still be blue,
> mornings will still mean getting out of bed
>
> After your failure only ask yourself only two things: > What can I
> learn from this failure? > Would I like to try again? Any answers you
> honestly come up  with are good answers, follow them and if
> applicable; fail again
>
> If by any chance you should fail to fail and succeed at the thing you
> want to do Thats ok too :-)
>
> A great big hug to all of you,
>
>
> Priscilla Haring
> The Netherlands, Amsterdam
>
> Wanna know more? Please google me and find my website with my blog and
> contact details
>
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