Excuses and Denial versus Reasons and Acceptance
Seventy-three years of life experiences have taught me that there are two basic types of people: Those who make excuses for failing or flatly deny they have failed and those who accept responsibility for having failed and accept the fact that they did not succeed.
No one possess the skillset, knowledge, or talent to succeed in every endeavor. Learn to honestly and humbly accept credit for your successes and responsibility for your failures.
I played sports, but was never good enough to make a school team or even be picked first during neighborhood games.
I served honorably in the military, but was neither talented or skillful enough to be assigned to an elite unit.
I wrote a novel. It was published, but did not achieve commercial success during its 5 1/2 years of availability.
However, I had a 33-year management career , earning financial rewards that made it possible to enjoy a very comfortable retirement beginning at age 54.
My wife and I were happily married for 35 1/2 wonderful years and had 5 beautiful children and now I have 4 beautiful grandchildren.
I have visited 45 of the United States and 5 foreign countries.
I do not hesitate to take full credit for the accomplishments and total responsibility for the failures.
No one possess the skillset, knowledge, or talent to succeed in every endeavor. Learn to honestly and humbly accept credit for your successes and responsibility for your failures.
I played sports, but was never good enough to make a school team or even be picked first during neighborhood games.
I served honorably in the military, but was neither talented or skillful enough to be assigned to an elite unit.
I wrote a novel. It was published, but did not achieve commercial success during its 5 1/2 years of availability.
However, I had a 33-year management career , earning financial rewards that made it possible to enjoy a very comfortable retirement beginning at age 54.
My wife and I were happily married for 35 1/2 wonderful years and had 5 beautiful children and now I have 4 beautiful grandchildren.
I have visited 45 of the United States and 5 foreign countries.
I do not hesitate to take full credit for the accomplishments and total responsibility for the failures.
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Christine wrote: "I was taught to take responsibility for my mistakes and failures and to always view them as an opportunity to reduce my limitations, learn and grow. I never thought taking credit for success was ne..."Christine,
Thank you for, once again, taking the time to read the blog post and express your opinion. Your comments are always welcome and appreciated.
By the way, my daughter borrowed my copy of the four-story horror collection Childhood Fears and particularly enjoyed the novella Scarecrows by Christine Hayton - - Hey, that's you!
Jim
I'm so glad she liked the story. Thx
"Seventy-three years of life experiences have taught me that there are two basic types of people: Those who make excuses for failing or flatly deny they have failed and those who accept responsibility for having failed and accept the fact that they did not succeed. I'm one of those people who long before my current seventy-seven years became deeply skeptical of binaries. Just for consideration, Jim.
Lily wrote: ""Seventy-three years of life experiences have taught me that there are two basic types of people: Those who make excuses for failing or flatly deny they have failed and those who accept responsibil..."Lily,
Thank you for your input. Your skepticism pertaining to the quandary often faced when asked to choose one or the other between only two alternatives is shared by many.
What a dull world this would be if everyone agreed about everything. I personally never hesitate to admit that some of my best ideas have come from others.
Jim
You always give us such wise words, Jim. Thank you.
Wishing you and your family a wonderful Christmas and all the best in the New Year.