by Ralph
on February 17, 2011
Image by State Library of New South Wales collection via Flickr
Dancing with yourself. What’s fun about that?
I never got the dances of the 60’s. You know, the ones where you don’t touch your partner. For me, dancing was all about holding your partner close and feeling her head on your chest. Even with the fast dances you held hands and swung her into your arms from time to time. These new dances were different. You never touched. You hardly even acknowledged that you have a partner. It made no sense. But it was all the rage.
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by Ralph
on February 16, 2011
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Is failure bad?
One bad lesson, foisted on us early in life is to fear failure. This is a natural response because to most people failure means not accomplishing your task or reaching your goal- ever. People who don’t reach their goals are automatically classified as failures. Since nobody wants to be a failure, they make decisions about their lives to avoid failure. Because they do not understand that failure is merely a measurement of accomplishment at any point in time and not a static definition, they make a decision to avoid the possibility of failing– and they cripple themselves. In the process. They let fear of failure rule their lives. [continue reading…]
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