Summer so far looks like. . . .
Am Reading
Am Editing
Am Researching
Am Movie-Watching
Am Editing
Am Reading
Am Museum-Visiting
Am Movie-Watching
Am Reading
Am Editing
Am Reading
Am Reading
Am Reading
Am loving it. :D
~K~
Tuesday, June 23, 2015
Wednesday, June 10, 2015
More on Failure
I talked about failure not too long ago, but stumbled across this great quote the other day, which really puts things in perspective for me:
It's so easy for someone standing on the outside to judge us. Our actions. Where we are. What we're doing.
I liken this to someone walking into the room as I'm working on a 10,000 piece puzzle. I have some of the borders, some of the middle--maybe I'm about three thousand pieces in. With pieces scattered all over the table--no rhyme or reason--it's easy for someone else to see a mess. To think: "Wow. She's getting nowhere."
But I'm making progress. Bit by bit. Slow and steady.
And, when the puzzle is complete, everything will have come together and it will all make sense.
Life is that puzzle.
We pick up pieces, try to connect them to something else. Maybe they fit. Maybe they don't.
To the outsider, we are failing all over the place. Or maybe we can't even see the bigger picture. We feel like we're not making connections, everything is falling through, nothing has worked according to plan, and we wrap ourselves in the idea that we're failures.
Not finishing that book on time.
Losing a book deal.
Going out of print.
Low sales rankings.
Not getting into the college of our choice.
Closing the doors of that family business.
Lay-offs.
Career changes.
Canceling the trip.
Miscarriages.
Wayward kids.
Having to push back retirement.
Keep pushing forward. Push with the end in mind--that tomorrow can be better than today, no matter the circumstances.
That incomplete puzzle tells only half the story.
Now go Be Brilliant.
~Katie~
"Everything looks like failure in the middle."
(Rosabeth Moss Canter)
It's so easy for someone standing on the outside to judge us. Our actions. Where we are. What we're doing.
I liken this to someone walking into the room as I'm working on a 10,000 piece puzzle. I have some of the borders, some of the middle--maybe I'm about three thousand pieces in. With pieces scattered all over the table--no rhyme or reason--it's easy for someone else to see a mess. To think: "Wow. She's getting nowhere."
But I'm making progress. Bit by bit. Slow and steady.
And, when the puzzle is complete, everything will have come together and it will all make sense.
Life is that puzzle.
We pick up pieces, try to connect them to something else. Maybe they fit. Maybe they don't.
To the outsider, we are failing all over the place. Or maybe we can't even see the bigger picture. We feel like we're not making connections, everything is falling through, nothing has worked according to plan, and we wrap ourselves in the idea that we're failures.
Not finishing that book on time.
Losing a book deal.
Going out of print.
Low sales rankings.
Not getting into the college of our choice.
Closing the doors of that family business.
Lay-offs.
Career changes.
Canceling the trip.
Miscarriages.
Wayward kids.
Having to push back retirement.
EVERYTHING looks like failure in the middle.
Keep pushing forward. Push with the end in mind--that tomorrow can be better than today, no matter the circumstances.
That incomplete puzzle tells only half the story.
Because everything looks like failure in the middle.
Now go Be Brilliant.
~Katie~
Friday, June 5, 2015
Friday . . . One?
So I'm really enjoying THIS gem lately:
It may or may not have anything to do with my work in progress. ;)
Happy Friday!
~K~
It may or may not have anything to do with my work in progress. ;)
Happy Friday!
~K~
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