Lowering the bar can be inadvertent. One day my oldest child, 15 or 16 at that time, called me with a problem. I told him that I never wanted him to call me with a problem again, but that he could call me anytime he had at least two solutions and needed advice. The next time he called with a problem I hung up on him. He called be back in about an hour with some solutions. I ended up giving him a different idea to try. About 7 years later he asked if I remember that day. I told him I did and he thanked me. He stated that was one of greatest lessons he learned and had gained confidence in himself by learning to think before asking for help. Most people are completely unaware of their own capabilities.
Effort is everything. The world looks at the scoreboard, God looks at how we played the game.
I was reminded of a quote I saw on the wonderful world of the internet. It went something like this “set your bar high so that even if you fail you fail above everyone else’s success”
But remember that life doesn't consist of only things you can do well. Chesterton:
A man must be partly a one-idead man, because he is a one-weaponed man—and he is flung naked into the fight. The world’s demand comes to him direct; to his wife indirectly. In short, he must (as the books on Success say) give “his best”; and what a small part of a man “his best” is! His second and third best are often much better. If he is the first violin he must fiddle for life; he must not remember that he is a fine fourth bagpipe, a fair fifteenth billiard-cue, a foil, a fountain pen, a hand at whist, a gun, and an image of God.
Lowering the bar can be inadvertent. One day my oldest child, 15 or 16 at that time, called me with a problem. I told him that I never wanted him to call me with a problem again, but that he could call me anytime he had at least two solutions and needed advice. The next time he called with a problem I hung up on him. He called be back in about an hour with some solutions. I ended up giving him a different idea to try. About 7 years later he asked if I remember that day. I told him I did and he thanked me. He stated that was one of greatest lessons he learned and had gained confidence in himself by learning to think before asking for help. Most people are completely unaware of their own capabilities.
Effort is everything. The world looks at the scoreboard, God looks at how we played the game.
Absolutely wonderful. Also a great idea!
I was reminded of a quote I saw on the wonderful world of the internet. It went something like this “set your bar high so that even if you fail you fail above everyone else’s success”
Yesss!
Do that!
But remember that life doesn't consist of only things you can do well. Chesterton:
A man must be partly a one-idead man, because he is a one-weaponed man—and he is flung naked into the fight. The world’s demand comes to him direct; to his wife indirectly. In short, he must (as the books on Success say) give “his best”; and what a small part of a man “his best” is! His second and third best are often much better. If he is the first violin he must fiddle for life; he must not remember that he is a fine fourth bagpipe, a fair fifteenth billiard-cue, a foil, a fountain pen, a hand at whist, a gun, and an image of God.