Who isn’t afraid of failing?!
February 20, 2012 2 Comments
The Wallenda factor is just a normal fear of falling! Who isn’t afraid of falling?!
“Just in case you haven’t heard, the Wallenda factor refers to the fear of falling or failing. Shortly after Karl Wallenda fell to his death in 1978 (traversing a 75-foot high wire in downtown San Juan, Puerto Rico), his wife, also an aerialist, discussed that fateful San Juan walk, “perhaps his most dangerous.” She recalled: “All Karl thought about for three straight months prior to it was falling. It was the first time he’d ever thought about that, and it seemed to me that he put all his energies into not falling rather than walking the tightrope.”
Life is like traversing a tight rope. If you think you need a safety net, It won’t be long before you fall. Live your life without a safety net, Or be prepared to live your life Closer to the ground. Matt Ridley, The Rational Optimist says, “Pessimism is complacency.” I think generally speaking I would have to say at times I exercised pessimism in certain situations. I can relate it to looking in the mirror each morning and thinking, “I’m not getting any younger or thinner, for that matter.” I’m over that now!
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Last year I spoke of challenges. This year, I believe anything’s possible! Last year I spoke of good fortunes, we were fortunate enough to have earned another year in business. I said I was proud of the intellectual property (IP) and talent we had. This year I am confident our talent pool here is second to none. Everyone has bought into The Rational Optimist theme, “Everybody is working for everybody else.” Last year I said opportunities present challenges.
We have faced those challenges. We have conquered many and we are prepared conquer the future. While politicians in Washington scrum over the economy and jobs, free market goes out and creates 100 mpg cars, even driverless cars. We need to tell our politicians…anything’s possible.This year we will focus again on making our products easier to use, easier to install and cloud ready. Inside Integra, we will continue to concentrate on developing and acquiring better tools to do our jobs in a more productive environment. Last year’s message was, “Attitude is everything.”
This year we will continue to encourage a positive attitude in the workplace, with our customers, partners and suppliers. Everybody is working for everybody else (click on the picture to the left for the video) because again…. anything’s possible. Finally, last year I predicted growth would be next our greatest challenge and we grew significantly. We remain well positioned to take advantage of those significant gains in 2012 and beyond.
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I’ll leave you with a great video (click on the photo below) and when you feel that wave of pessimism coming on, remember, anything’s possible.
“We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then is not an act but a habit.” — Aristotle
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