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If I Could

If I thought I was organized enough to keep one book full of information I might be learning the hard way, a day late and a dollar short kind of thing, I would. I would write down every nugget of information for my boys to learn from. Learn from MY mistakes rather than your own. Do I honestly think they will read it and believe it? Maybe when they're 30. Certainly not when they need to read it and learn more about the world, like age 10. I wish I had known so much more before leaving High School. I got dumped into this world naïve and ignorant and just a tad too "happy go lucky" for my own good. I thought all people were like me, happy, nice and trustworthy. I went to school in a bubble and left trying to believe everyone I met was good and honest. There are also so many financial mistakes I've made and a lot of career mistakes, mind you I wouldn't change a thing. I love where I'm at and how I got here, it makes me exactly who I am. I just wish I had known a little more to make things a little easier. Easier is not even in my book, I am the type of person that no matter what anyone told me, I had to find out the hard way. So If I could I would write a few words every day or week and keep it in a book for my boys.
Today I would tell them that the subject of Failure has been going around a lot and I've been spending some time thinking about it. I recently seen a video of a female CEO of a successful company tell a story of her dad and how every night when they would gather around the dinner table he would ask each of his kids what their failure was for the day and would congratulate them if they failed. If they didn't fail trying to do something that day they didn't learn from it. What a good lesson. Instead of making failure a negative thing you can change the meaning and definition. Failure can be NOT TRYING versus the outcome. People don't take risks because of the fear of failure. Once you redefine what Failure is to you and realize that failure is just NOT TRYING then life opens up in many ways. So lesson today: Failure, congratulate yourself for trying and putting yourself out there because you learned something and life will open up.
I will leave you with another quote "In your life, if you learn from an "Oops" moment and can laugh about it, then it's all worth it"
*The quotes and information was all from Sara Blakely Spanx Founder and CEO
-B

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