| Every great athlete, businessperson, or great | | | | way didn't workyou tried another way until you finally |
| individualhad to stretch and reach for his or her goals. | | | | got the hang of it. |
| They knowthat obstacles are a part of the goal | | | | The only way you can lose is to stop trying. Every |
| achievement processand so they focus on | | | | timeyou have a go, you learn new ways to do things. |
| succeeding rather than on what maybe keeping them | | | | Forexample, when I first started to use a computer I |
| from succeeding. It means overcominghardships and | | | | wasterrified I would press the wrong keys or click |
| setbacks, rather than giving up at thefirst sign of | | | | the mousein the wrong place. By comparison my |
| opposition or misfortune. To do this youhave got to | | | | young niece wouldclick on anything. Yes, she did get |
| be willing to take some calculated risks andbe | | | | into problems fromtime to time, but she was learning |
| prepared to fall down from time to time. | | | | from her mistakes. |
| As kids we made mistakes all the time, that's how | | | | The thought of failure didn't seem to worry her and |
| welearnt. However, as adults we have a thing called | | | | inno time she became very proficient on the |
| "pride"and we hate making mistakes. Think of when | | | | computer. Igot there too, but by the slower route. |
| you firstlearnt to ride a bike - you fell down, you got | | | | The lesson for me; was that each attempt was not |
| up, youfell down, you got up, and you kept getting | | | | a failure,but simply another step forward...a learning |
| up until youmastered it. You didn't give up. If one | | | | experienceleading to my ultimate success. |