Monday, March 2, 2015

Motivational Monday


TO AN OUTSIDER, I JUST SEEM LIKE
A LIST OF ACCOMPLISHMENTS.
TO ME, ALL THERE IS
IS HOW OFTEN I FAIL.
(Junot Diaz)

This is definitely true for me. How about for you?

Hmm, maybe we need to start looking at ourselves as outsiders do. Maybe then we'd truly see and appreciate how wonderful and successful we really are . . . . 
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  1. Alex J. CavanaughMonday, March 02, 2015 8:18:00 AM

    It is true. We present our best to the world and it sees the positive. But within, we focus on the negative.

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  2. Hart JohnsonMonday, March 02, 2015 8:27:00 AM

    I don't remember the exact quote but there is one about comparing our bloopers to everybody else's highlight reel--we don't know everybody else's attempts and failures, eh?

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    1. Madeline Mora-SummonteMonday, March 02, 2015 8:36:00 AM

      I can't remember the exact quote either, Hart, but it's a good one and so true.

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  3. Sarah FosterMonday, March 02, 2015 8:34:00 AM

    I feel the same way. Maybe that's why I'm turned off by compliments. They just make me feel awkward, like I can't possibly imagine why I'm getting them.

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    1. Madeline Mora-SummonteMonday, March 02, 2015 8:38:00 AM

      The older I get, the better I'm getting at accepting compliments. Still not great at it, but working on it. :)

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  4. Crystal CollierMonday, March 02, 2015 9:03:00 AM

    That's an attitude I've been fighting for a long time. I think the key is getting to the point where we can honestly rejoice in other's successes, and then there is no competition. We can be one another's cheerleaders without resentment...but it definitely takes a TON on mental conditioning to get to that point, eh?

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    1. Madeline Mora-SummonteMonday, March 02, 2015 9:07:00 AM

      I'm at the point where I think I'd rather do more physical conditioning than any more mental conditioning - my brain hurts. :)

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  5. M.J. FifieldMonday, March 02, 2015 9:45:00 AM

    Yeah. Definitely true for me. Wish I could say otherwise. Wait...did I just do it again?

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  6. Chrys FeyMonday, March 02, 2015 10:52:00 AM

    It is easier to look at our failures than our accomplishments. We need to change that!

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  7. Susan Gourley/KelleyMonday, March 02, 2015 11:52:00 AM

    This so fits into my post today. I've spent the last month brooding over failures and not celebrating my successes.

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    1. Madeline Mora-SummonteMonday, March 02, 2015 2:02:00 PM

      I'm trying to make more of a point to celebrate my successes, no matter how "small" I think they are.

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  8. Elizabeth SeckmanMonday, March 02, 2015 3:24:00 PM

    Ouch. Hits a little too close to home...I would feel better with a few more accomplishments under my belt.

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    1. Madeline Mora-SummonteMonday, March 02, 2015 3:36:00 PM

      Hmm.... How many more will you need to feel better - 2? 10? 24? It's a slippery slope....

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  9. Karen Jones GowenMonday, March 02, 2015 5:50:00 PM

    And going on Facebook makes it worse....This is really a great quote, strikes home to me!

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  10. Tyrean MartinsonTuesday, March 03, 2015 9:12:00 AM

    That is a great quote! I love reading the accomplishments of my friends and family on facebook and other places, but it can create a false sense of reality when that's all there is to see.

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    1. Madeline Mora-SummonteTuesday, March 03, 2015 10:44:00 AM

      It's kind of like those "overnight successes" - the ones that often took many years to achieve. :)

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  11. noelle44Tuesday, March 03, 2015 5:54:00 PM

    Excellent quote! The opposite was a quote I once read,this may not be precise:
    We judge others by their actions,ourselves by our intentions.

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