I’ve received 20 emails, nearly on a daily basis towards Black Friday, from Eastern Mountain Sports since November 3rd. I love the place and the people who work there, but this is getting a little stalker’ish.
EMS, you’ve got great deals so stop worrying about my frequenting REI (I only hooked up with REI once, remember?) Stop with the piles of email and crazy fire sales. You know you’re the only Eastern outdoor store for me.
PS: Everything is 25% off at EMS until 12/9 (when they will surely have another promo and email).
I’ve been glued to the news this week and filled up on too much doom and gloom. There are plentyofpositivethings to focus on. Even if this is the start of a recession, focusing on a tanking stock market doesn’t do any good as a developer. For you stock traders, yeah, you’re boned. But for software developers, there’s much to build.
Focus on what you’re good at. Make yourself better. Enjoy life.
It’s time to switch back to loving this perfect fall weather and looking forward to a killer ski season.
I’m not kidding in the title. You should be looking for areas to fail in. You can’t succeed without it. If you’re not accustomed to pushing yourself to the limit, you’ll never reach a goal that exists at the limit.
You should put yourself in situations that significantly challenge your ability to persevere as often as possible (without being reckless). Be used to being in this situation. The most successful people are consistently diving in to difficult situations and using the experience to push them to the next level.
It might mean you have to push yourself to the physical limit while running a marathon. It might mean having to cram 14 hours per day of studying to learn a new technology. In the end, the push to overcome potential failure makes you stronger. And in the beginning, you’ve calculated some risk and chosen a course of action to succeed.
Partners, friends, co-workers, and bosses who push your limits are the best kind. They keep you going and stretch your abilities. You’re on the right track with these folks. These people are the ones who will mercilessly help you reinvent yourself and bring you a better career and appreciation for life.
Get out there and find things you could fail at, calculate the risk, and choose the course of action that overcomes.
