Brilliant.
As Jordan says: “I’ve missed more than nine thousand shots in my career. I’ve lost almost 300 games. 26 times I’ve been trusted to take the winning shot and missed. I’ve failed over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed.”
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I LOOOOVE this video!
Me too and I Love that you re-introduced me to Inda.Arie I love her message for young girls, women and everyone else, PLUS I like the beat.
How true. The fear of failure is sooooo self-fulfilling.
Understanding this is a/the key to success
amen amen!
The simplicity of his statement is what is so powerful! Love it.!
What Michael Jordan describes is not truly failure. Sure, he failed to make certain critical plays in critical games. That is not failure, unless you are a perfectionist, and judge such 'misses' in absolute terms. How can one be a failure if they endeavor to do their best, train at their limit, remain open to grounded advice from seasoned coaches and players, and willingly adapt and learn. Failure must be viewed from a larger perspective. Losing at a competitive event, flunking a course of study, and so forth, when one has performed, and prepared at their limit does not constitute my definition of failure. In other words, failing to achieve a particular objective, earnestly sought, does not make me, or anyone else a failure. It merely indicates the inability to achieve a particular objective, often achievable at another time.
So called failures may indicates the lack of certain innate abilities, or inclinations necessary to be successful at certain task. Moreover, a proficient performer does well not to deem a misstep as a failure, but rather a natural outcome of human limitations, otherwise they may become, if not already, the products of a negative perfectionism.
hey john: agreed! and you just summed up the point of the video.
an optimalist would see it precisely the way you described it. a perfectionist would take this micro "failure" and generalize the event to mean they were a failure as a person. (and, of course, therefore rarely put themselves into a situation where they could "fail.")
powerful. works for every aspect of our life.short and to the point.
reminds me of story of 967 lightbulbs that edison 'failed' with before he got the right one. we all fail to reach certain goals - how we deal with that failure is up to us.
amen, allan!