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Fear Of Failure, In Business (And In Life)

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Fear Of Failure, In Business (And In Life) by Brian Gimelson No one likes to lose, but it's certainly a possible outcome in most situations. Venture capitalists sometimes have successes with only 10% of their portfolio's, meaning that 9 out of 10 of their investments are losers. It's the victories that make up for all of their losses though as a good investment can make 30-100x their investment returned to them. It's a shame people don't look at life the same way. Because even if we only win half the time, it's those victories that make living worth it.  More often than not people are afraid to do something because they are worried that they won't succeed. Einstein, Edison, Walt Disney, Elon Musk and every world leader that has ever lived has made plenty of mistakes, but one thing that makes them successful is that they learn from what has happened, and they don't dwell on it.  Michael Jordan lost more seasons than he had championships, but the Chicago B...
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How Do You React When Things Don't Go Your Way?

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How Do You React When Things Don't Go Your Way? by Brian Gimelson Sometimes life can be like driving a car down a country road. One moment you feel you're admiring the trees and the hills and the next a deer jumps out in front of you, and it's too late to stop.  It's safe to say that over the last few years that I've had several gut punches, each one worse than the last. Unexpected things in life happen every day, some good, some bad, and when you're going through them it can be tough to see the forest through the trees.  Looking back on the adversities I've had to deal with, I feel that I've learned quite a bit. 1) The things you think are important to you, aren't as important as the things you didn't think you could lose.  2) The people who you think would stand next to you, sometimes don't, and you will be surprised that some people are in your life that you may have underestimated.  3) It's never as bad as you thought it was going to ...
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  Are You Using Your Time Effectively ?  Here Are 5 Recommendations To Help You Prioritize. If you are the impatient type, I will let you know that my 5 recommendations are at the end of this post . I couldn't in good conscience write a piece on the effective use of time and force you to read a bunch of fluff now could I ? I would suggest reading the recommendations first, and when you have the time to do so, go back and read the rest of my post. Unless you have time now, in which case, please proceed. When you're a child the last thing that you have on your mind is time. You do what you want, until your parents tell you otherwise. Being in the role of a parent, I've come to realize that sometimes that doesn't work smoothly if the child in question, decides to put their mind into not wanting to comply. As you grow older, your routines develop with you. Your first experiences in school often show that there are certain times for class, times scheduled to eat and probably...
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  Monday, May 14, 2018 The Greatest Thing I Ever Did And The Reminders I Get About It Every Day When my wife was pregnant with our first child, even though we were trying to have a child, I was still in shock. She wanted to surprise me with the information and told me the morning we were leaving on our way to go to the doctors office. I was so out of it that I'm not sure I remember much more about the doctors visit than that. It's kind of funny to look back on, but I was afraid, and I'm not even sure why. We waited for a reasonable period of time to let everyone else know so that we were sure our unborn child was going to be on the way and healthy. It was an awesome feeling, and everyone was quick to throw in their congratulations and advice. One of the comments to me from a friend stuck out among all of the others and really caused me to think about my situation. He told me that, having a child was the greatest thing he had ever done. I'll repeat that in capitals now. ...
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  Thursday, April 19, 2018 Why The Internet Of Things Is, And Will Be Such A Booming Industry   When the movie "Minority Report" came out they did a terrific thing with predicting the way that our surroundings will be reacting to our presence, although they may have taken it a few steps too far to explain how it happens when the solutions are actually much simpler. The industry behind the Internet Of Things or the IoT is something everyone is buzzing about. Science fiction has people getting eye replacements, or being "chipped" like we do with pets now when all we need is a smartphone or a watch. With as often as phones break down and need to be replaced the idea of having a device inserted isn't into my neck or forearm isn't very appealing. Can you imagine having to wait at the Apple store so their surgical team can replace your chip ? Maybe I'm old fashioned but if we have more processing power in our phone than all of the mission to the moon computers...
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