Failure is a Comma, Not a Period (4)

Posted on July 4th, 2009, by Meggin McIntosh, Ph.D.

Remember, ‘failure is a comma, not a period.’  Lynne Ford  

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4.  Some failures are a result of your own decisions and choices.  You chose to wait and study for a big exam until it was too late. You decided to shortcut your “research” process and you lifted material without citing it. Both of these events resulted in a failure. Your choices; your decisions; take responsibility.  That’s what grown-ups do.   

This blog includes lessons and thoughts for ‘grown-ups.’  It’s not easy being a grown up…but, it’s the ‘adult’ thing to do.  We make mistakes, we ‘fail,’ and one hopes–we learn.  Next time, we make better choices (or the universe will help us learn the lesson again, right?!)

(c) 2009 by Meggin McIntosh, Ph.D., “The Ph.D. of Productivity”(tm). Through her company, Emphasis on Excellence, Inc., Meggin McIntosh changes what people know, feel, dream, and do. Sound interesting? It is!

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