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Word of the Day: Do-over
Surely, there has been a time in your life when you very much wanted a do-over.
Nobody is perfect, and we’ve all failed at one time or another.
I remember learning the maxim if, at first, you don’t succeed, try, try again.
The idea is that do-overs are always a possibility.
It’s a beautiful concept, but in reality, not possible.
Nevertheless, I believe we have to try.
It’s not the success that’s important; it’s the trying.
The more you try, the more you want a do-over after an initial failure, and the higher your chances of eventual success.
A do-over is not only a second or another chance to retry after a failure.
It is also another attempt to do better when you are unhappy with your first attempt.
In North America, we believe in do-overs.
Most of the successful people have not always been successful.
Success is built on failure, and generally speaking, the more successful a person is, the more do-overs they have completed.
Japanese often look at North Americans and wonder how they became so wealthy or famous.
Well, the answer is more than hard work.
Anybody can work hard.
Believe it or not, getting up and going to work every day is the easy part.
The hard part is setting new goals for personal improvement, challenging yourself to do better and attempting multiple do-overs after failing.
Failure, you see, is inevitable.
Everyone fails.
The main point to understand is that failure is nothing to be ashamed of for too long.
Yes, of course, everyone is embarrassed when they do something incorrectly or get something wrong.
Successful people look at their failure, learn from it and attempt a do-over.
Unsuccessful people, the ones who envy success, give up after the first failure.
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