"Notes" of An Elder

There is a big difference between temporary failure and total defeat. Temporary failure can lead to total success.

December 17, 2021

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"Notes" of An Elder is a depository of pertinent information, knowledge and wisdom. Available weekly will be an elder's "thinking menu" for your use. Enjoy this bounty.

  • Dream big but take small steps.

  • I'm constantly amazed by the fact that we'll spend more on what we put on our heads than what we put in our heads.

  • There is a big difference between temporary failure and total defeat. Temporary failure can lead to total success.

  • Success isn't measured by the position one has in life but by the obstacles one has overcome to achieve it.

  • "Life is an unanswered question, but let's still believe in the dignity and importance of the question." ― Tennessee Williams

  • Failure is not a crime. Failure to learn from failure is.

  • We work so hard to keep our bodies in shape. Why not work that hard to improve our minds?

Keep You From Getting What You Want

  • Time

  • Money

  • Negativity

  • Uncertainty

  • Lack of Information

  • Live your life so you wouldn't be ashamed to sell the family parrot to the town gossip.

  • The winner is the person who sees an opportunity in every problem.

  • Discipline suffers from an image problem in our culture. We think of discipline as something that's imposed by someone else rather than as a form of self-love.

  • It all depends on what is more important to you: Where you live or how you live?

  • In the end, the questions will not be what did you have? But what did you do with what you had?

  • Everything worthwhile brings the risk of failure.

Magic Question

Why am I doing this?