3 2 1 for the week

[mizzou7016]

a day late but here ya go

Happy 3-2-1 Thursday!

Here are 3 ideas, 2 quotes, and 1 question to consider this week...

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3 Ideas From Me

I.

"The person who experiences the consequences should make the decision."

​II.

"You are as old as the risks you take. In many ways, aging is not the process of growing old, but rather the slow death of becoming overly protective, scared, and worried about losing what you have. Youth is found in the energy of going for it, taking the risk, and trusting that you'll figure it out along the way."

III.

"The Process:

Decide what you want to achieve.

Try different ways of achieving it until you find one that works for you.

Do more of what works. Do less of what doesn’t.

Don’t stop doing it until it stops working.

Repeat.

It is both this simple and this hard."

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2 Quotes From Others

I.

Toymaker, inventor, and author Roger von Oech on wide-open thinking:

"The amount a person uses their imagination is inversely proportional to the amount of punishment they will receive for using it."

Source: Find a Pattern (edited lightly for clarity)​​

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Novelist and screenwriter Ian McEwan on the challenge of being yourself:

"Everyone nodded, nobody agreed."

Source: Amsterdam

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1 Question For You

Is your default setting to defend your limitations or expand your possibilities?

[LazyXrayEyes2255]

Yes you feel more alive making decisions and taking risks, it is the spice of life. Pave the way, dear people. Build more bridges and new technology especially in health. To the scientist or charity workers or teachers/professors or consevationists/nature lovers who do this everyday. Join in on life adventures

[mizzou7016 in reply to LazyXrayEyes2255]

It's not so much about taking risks....as it is having the confidence in yourself to accomplish the task at hand....nobody wants to fail....but no one is perfect either and will get it 100% right 100% of the time.....the trick and the goal is to keep trying.....to keep pushing...to do something to the best of your ability

[PastaDog]

i really like "The person who experiences the consequences should make the decision."

unfortunately I think my default is to defend my limitations, but I really want to change that. i love to learn and absorb information and expand my skill set whenever possible.

[mizzou7016 in reply to PastaDog]

PastaDog I have a challenge for you....actually it's for everyone...are your limitations limitations??.....Are your limitations caused by actually having limitations..(IE Physical health limitations....mental health limitations....)....or are your limitations created by anxiety....(fear of failure.....fear of the unknown, etc..).....I challenge you to not look at them as limitations...if they aren't limitations....look at them as potential learning scenarios and possible positives....it may take you more than 1 time to feel comfortable.....but the only true limitation or failure is when you completely quit trying

[PastaDog in reply to mizzou7016]

Most of my "limitations" are driven by my insecurities and anxieties. It feels like climbing a mountain trying to change a perspective like that, but I'm going to try. I'm writing this down in my journal and I hope to start trying this exercise every day, starting with small limitations...I mean potential learning scenarios.

thanks for your reply!

[mizzou7016 in reply to PastaDog]

you're welcome.....always a pleasure....