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I’ve never been afraid of failure. I don’t give it a second thought. Perhaps it’s a result of laissez-faire parenting or having always been self-employed, but when the buck stops with you, failure is not an option
My father made it clear to us that we shouldn't expect anything from him and that what we wanted we'd have to earn for ourselves. When the only option is success you're inclined to go that extra mile to achieve it. You'll think outside the box, bend the rules and swim against the stream. When I commit to something I give it one hundred percent and fully expect to succeed. The only question is how great a success I'll be.
When I started a legal agency in the 1980s the business was all sewn up by two dusty old companies that'd been around for 100 years. Advertising was frowned upon and considered vulgar so we sent a diary to every solicitor in Ireland with our contact details beautifully embossed on the front.
If you know anything about the legal profession you'll know that they're a bunch of penny-pinching misers who wouldn't spend Christmas and we got loads of calls ordering extra free diaries. And this wasn't any old diary. Oh no! This was top of the range, customised with the Legal List on the first two pages, a must-have for every solicitor
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Come January 1984, all over the country, thousands of solicitors were strutting around with our diaries under their sweaty arms. Yes, it cost us a fortune but it got people talking. And you know what they say, there's only one thing worse than being talked about, and that's not being talked about. We ended up as the largest agency firm in the country.
And thus, my dear reader, my advice is never to contemplate failure and always to give 100%. Unless you're donating blood of course.
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Posted in response to @galenkp's Weekend Experiences prompt asking "Do you fear failing or see each failure as an opportunity to adjust, learn and begin again with a better chance of success? "
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Your father had the right of it. He set you up for success back then, even if it was an unpopular opinion. It's made you into a strong, independent woman.
I think he was afraid I'd put cyanide in his tea to get my greedy maulers on all his worldly possessions. "This tea tastes like Almonds"
"Does it father?" "Perhaps it's the Almond cookies"
bwaahaaa..I have a new appreciation!
I love this about you. I love knowing this about you.
I had a dream about you! You'd come to visit me all the way from Ireland. I took you to a bizarre concert by a woman who sang a military-type song along with a band. The band was inside a crawl space and she was lying half in, half out of it. I introduced you to a friend of mine as "Deirdy." We all had a rousing conversation, of which I can remember nothing.
I woke feeling refreshed. Might have something to do with my sleeping until after 10am.
Hahaha, that's hilarious! I'm an excellent soporific!
There are many things we have in common. This is not one of them. While I am dogged in pursuit of a goal, and I can't recall failure, exactly, I fall short of true success. I'm always fine with doing alright when it comes to business. There is definitely something lacking in me. If I'm unhappy in a job, I'll leave, but I won't fight for better. I just look for the next opportunity...and there always has been one.
I admire your confidence and audacity.
As you know, I was in nobody's will. I always knew that and always depended on myself. Just didn't go for the gold ring, as you did.
If success is defined in terms of wealth accumulation, I've been a dismal failure. I've had huge success in business, but providing a premium service at a reasonable price is terrible business practice. I built the largest legal agency in Ireland and ran 14 holiday apartments with 100% occupancy that were number 1 on Trip Advisor, but having the happiest employees on the planet and every customer a satisfied one was always more important than filling the coffers. I wish I could've been be as good at chasing money as I was at chasing perfection.
As to you falling short of true success, as we say affectionately here in God's country 'Ah feck off!'
As they say, it doesn't matter if they talk good or bad about you, it matters they talk about you
100% is easier to put on what you like tough rather than not
I have a policy of only doing what I like:)
Thank you for your witness vote!
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#hive #posh
The only successful people in this world are those who fail first and then they think about life and then work hard day and night and keep thinking that we will become a successful person and make a name in the world and all this can happen only after failure.
I'm pleased to say that that has not been my experience.
this is inspiring...can we be friend
I'm not sure whether to mute you, downvote you or to be kind and encourage your silly behaviour.
What do you reckon?
No worries, I downvoted him, I tend to be quite decisive. (And muted from my community also)
I almost feel sorry for him now!:) I'm a marshmallow!
I'm a marshmallow too. Ok, not really, more of a cuddly koala.
Seriously though, copy and pasting someone else's comment and representing it as one's own is something I'm never going to reward.
I know. You're right and he really should have just owned up when I challenged him. Everyone makes mistakes but defending your position when you know you're in the wrong just compounds your error.
I left a message to one of his comments...he has responded and still takes no ownership. I'll be zeroing all his posts out from now on. I have no tolerance for idiots like him.
You copied and pasted @owasco's comment.
Such a comment is appropriate only in the context that owasco and I know each other for years. From a stranger it is incongruous and unlikely coincidental.
You deliberately copied and pasted someone else's comment, although I'm not surprised you're trying to deny it. Anyway, I've issued some downvotes and may do some more.
What you should have done is admit to what you'd done, apologised and asked for a second chance. Now though, well, because of your actions and your attempt to avoid ownership, you'll get no second chances with me.
I have muted you in my community. Congratulations.