Comments on: I'm resolving to make lots of mistakes this year http://www.birdsontheblog.co.uk/im-resolving-to-make-lots-of-mistakes-this-year/ Business Women of Opinion! Sun, 12 Feb 2012 20:11:08 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Elaine http://www.birdsontheblog.co.uk/im-resolving-to-make-lots-of-mistakes-this-year/comment-page-1/#comment-55 Elaine Tue, 26 Jan 2010 21:43:37 +0000 http://www.birdsontheblog.co.uk/?p=116#comment-55 I love this post Ann - fear of failure holds so many of us back - and it's sad to say that we have such a negative attitude towards so called "failure" here. Trying is what's important. This post brings to mind that wonderful quote from Edison - on the subject of how many attempts he made before he finally got to his light bulb moment: "I have not failed 1,000 times. I have successfully discovered 1,000 ways to NOT make a light bulb." I love this post Ann – fear of failure holds so many of us back – and it’s sad to say that we have such a negative attitude towards so called “failure” here. Trying is what’s important. This post brings to mind that wonderful quote from Edison – on the subject of how many attempts he made before he finally got to his light bulb moment:

“I have not failed 1,000 times. I have
successfully discovered 1,000 ways to NOT make a light bulb.”

]]> By: Elaine http://www.birdsontheblog.co.uk/im-resolving-to-make-lots-of-mistakes-this-year/comment-page-1/#comment-6438 Elaine Tue, 26 Jan 2010 21:43:00 +0000 http://www.birdsontheblog.co.uk/?p=116#comment-6438 I love this post Ann - fear of failure holds so many of us back - and it's sad to say that we have such a negative attitude towards so called "failure" here. Trying is what's important. This post brings to mind that wonderful quote from Edison - on the subject of how many attempts he made before he finally got to his light bulb moment: "I have not failed 1,000 times. I have successfully discovered 1,000 ways to NOT make a light bulb." I love this post Ann – fear of failure holds so many of us back – and it’s sad to say that we have such a negative attitude towards so called “failure” here. Trying is what’s important. This post brings to mind that wonderful quote from Edison – on the subject of how many attempts he made before he finally got to his light bulb moment:

“I have not failed 1,000 times. I have
successfully discovered 1,000 ways to NOT make a light bulb.”

]]> By: AnnG http://www.birdsontheblog.co.uk/im-resolving-to-make-lots-of-mistakes-this-year/comment-page-1/#comment-54 AnnG Tue, 26 Jan 2010 20:58:02 +0000 http://www.birdsontheblog.co.uk/?p=116#comment-54 Me too, Sal...I try not to look at them too closely :) Me too, Sal…I try not to look at them too closely :)

]]> By: AnnG http://www.birdsontheblog.co.uk/im-resolving-to-make-lots-of-mistakes-this-year/comment-page-1/#comment-6437 AnnG Tue, 26 Jan 2010 20:58:00 +0000 http://www.birdsontheblog.co.uk/?p=116#comment-6437 Me too, Sal...I try not to look at them too closely :) Me too, Sal…I try not to look at them too closely :)

]]> By: Sally Church http://www.birdsontheblog.co.uk/im-resolving-to-make-lots-of-mistakes-this-year/comment-page-1/#comment-53 Sally Church Tue, 26 Jan 2010 20:44:08 +0000 http://www.birdsontheblog.co.uk/?p=116#comment-53 LOL this reminds me of my computing skillz... I can code and used to be a good programmer at university, developing systems and stuff like that yet am totally scared of the innards of WordPress! LOL this reminds me of my computing skillz… I can code and used to be a good programmer at university, developing systems and stuff like that yet am totally scared of the innards of WordPress!

]]> By: Sally Church http://www.birdsontheblog.co.uk/im-resolving-to-make-lots-of-mistakes-this-year/comment-page-1/#comment-6436 Sally Church Tue, 26 Jan 2010 20:44:00 +0000 http://www.birdsontheblog.co.uk/?p=116#comment-6436 LOL this reminds me of my computing skillz... I can code and used to be a good programmer at university, developing systems and stuff like that yet am totally scared of the innards of WordPress! LOL this reminds me of my computing skillz… I can code and used to be a good programmer at university, developing systems and stuff like that yet am totally scared of the innards of WordPress!

]]> By: AnnG http://www.birdsontheblog.co.uk/im-resolving-to-make-lots-of-mistakes-this-year/comment-page-1/#comment-52 AnnG Tue, 26 Jan 2010 14:11:16 +0000 http://www.birdsontheblog.co.uk/?p=116#comment-52 Why are those obvious things sometimes so hard for us to see, I wonder? I'm currently having to remind myself all over again - I'm doing a poetry course and there are so many very good poets in there...and I am definitely bottom of the class. But after a brief week of panic, I am now relaxing and enjoying it - and learning something. Improv - now that sounds scary. Perhaps next year... Thanks Louise Why are those obvious things sometimes so hard for us to see, I wonder?

I’m currently having to remind myself all over again – I’m doing a poetry course and there are so many very good poets in there…and I am definitely bottom of the class.

But after a brief week of panic, I am now relaxing and enjoying it – and learning something.

Improv – now that sounds scary. Perhaps next year…

Thanks Louise

]]> By: AnnG http://www.birdsontheblog.co.uk/im-resolving-to-make-lots-of-mistakes-this-year/comment-page-1/#comment-6435 AnnG Tue, 26 Jan 2010 14:11:00 +0000 http://www.birdsontheblog.co.uk/?p=116#comment-6435 Why are those obvious things sometimes so hard for us to see, I wonder? I'm currently having to remind myself all over again - I'm doing a poetry course and there are so many very good poets in there...and I am definitely bottom of the class. But after a brief week of panic, I am now relaxing and enjoying it - and learning something. Improv - now that sounds scary. Perhaps next year... Thanks Louise Why are those obvious things sometimes so hard for us to see, I wonder?

I’m currently having to remind myself all over again – I’m doing a poetry course and there are so many very good poets in there…and I am definitely bottom of the class.

But after a brief week of panic, I am now relaxing and enjoying it – and learning something.

Improv – now that sounds scary. Perhaps next year…

Thanks Louise

]]> By: Louise McGregor http://www.birdsontheblog.co.uk/im-resolving-to-make-lots-of-mistakes-this-year/comment-page-1/#comment-51 Louise McGregor Tue, 26 Jan 2010 13:22:09 +0000 http://www.birdsontheblog.co.uk/?p=116#comment-51 This rings true for me as well. I was good at all sorts of subjects at school, and cruised through to good grades in the first years of university. I scared myself by nearly failing the final year and had to develop some decent study habits. But it's only in recent years that I've let myself be "bad" at something. In my case it was an improv course, I did it for fun, and found I wasn't that good at it, but got plenty of laughs at every lesson. Finally it clicked - I might not have to excel at everything. It's so obvious - but boy it's a relief! This rings true for me as well. I was good at all sorts of subjects at school, and cruised through to good grades in the first years of university. I scared myself by nearly failing the final year and had to develop some decent study habits.

But it’s only in recent years that I’ve let myself be “bad” at something. In my case it was an improv course, I did it for fun, and found I wasn’t that good at it, but got plenty of laughs at every lesson. Finally it clicked – I might not have to excel at everything.

It’s so obvious – but boy it’s a relief!

]]> By: Louise McGregor http://www.birdsontheblog.co.uk/im-resolving-to-make-lots-of-mistakes-this-year/comment-page-1/#comment-6434 Louise McGregor Tue, 26 Jan 2010 13:22:00 +0000 http://www.birdsontheblog.co.uk/?p=116#comment-6434 This rings true for me as well. I was good at all sorts of subjects at school, and cruised through to good grades in the first years of university. I scared myself by nearly failing the final year and had to develop some decent study habits. But it's only in recent years that I've let myself be "bad" at something. In my case it was an improv course, I did it for fun, and found I wasn't that good at it, but got plenty of laughs at every lesson. Finally it clicked - I might not have to excel at everything. It's so obvious - but boy it's a relief! This rings true for me as well. I was good at all sorts of subjects at school, and cruised through to good grades in the first years of university. I scared myself by nearly failing the final year and had to develop some decent study habits.

But it’s only in recent years that I’ve let myself be “bad” at something. In my case it was an improv course, I did it for fun, and found I wasn’t that good at it, but got plenty of laughs at every lesson. Finally it clicked – I might not have to excel at everything.

It’s so obvious – but boy it’s a relief!

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