Babe Ruth said, “Don’t let the fear of striking out hold you back,” yet anyone who has played the game of baseball will agree, striking out can be one of the worst feelings there are in baseball. Not only did you not get a hit, you now have to face your teammates, your fans, and your family on your way back to the dugout.
Admit it, when we fail in business or in baseball we refuse to make eye contact with anyone. It hurts! Even though Henry Ford believed, “Failure is the opportunity to begin again more intelligently,” for many of us tantrums is our normal reaction.
Show me a player or a business person who throws good tantrums, and I’ll show you a person who fails and transfers blame A LOT. I don’t know about you but beating up on an innocent water jug or blaming a boss or a company is not an individual who is “…beginning again more intelligently.”
One thing is certain, mistakes don’t disappear on their own; we need to recognize the hiccup, find out where we messed up, then improve. Improve by mentally fixing, mentally telling ‘our self‘ what to do; then make a change. Once you change, forget the hiccup, just Let it Go!
Harrumph…I leave you with my granddaughters favorite song,
Let it Go…., Let it Go…screwing up doesn’t matter anyway…
Until next Blog,
“Develop success from failures. Discouragement and Failure are two of the surest stepping stones to success.”
Dale Carnegie
Al McCormick
