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**Ann** · 11-01-2005, 05:15 AM

Fully prepare yourself, make the best of plans, and take the most effective actions. Then, accept whatever happens, learn from it, and adjust your approach accordingly.

Sometimes things will go exactly as you have planned, and yet many times they will not. So what is your best option when plans go awry?

There is nothing to be gained by becoming bitter, depressed, angry or immobilized by frustration. Instead, realize that you have just made a sizeable investment of your time and resources, and have received from that investment something of real value.

You have learned firsthand a little more about what does and what does not work. You have gained valuable, real world experience, and because of that you are in an excellent place from which to move forward.

Will you squander that valuable experience on feeling sorry for yourself? Or will you pick yourself up, adapt and adjust, and move enthusiastically ahead?

When plans go awry, it's not the end of your world. In fact, if you choose, it can be the beginning of your real success.

-- Ralph Marston

**51anna** · 11-01-2005, 05:47 AM

I love this Ann and I really needed to read it today! Thanks!

Grimnar · 11-01-2005, 10:20 AM

"Why do we fall?

So that we can learn to pick ourselves up."

- Batman Begins

A good post Ann. Success through persistence.

11-01-2005, 05:15 AM	#1 (permalink)
Ann Sharing Our Light Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: By The Lake Posts: 15,155	Real World Experience Fully prepare yourself, make the best of plans, and take the most effective actions. Then, accept whatever happens, learn from it, and adjust your approach accordingly. Sometimes things will go exactly as you have planned, and yet many times they will not. So what is your best option when plans go awry? There is nothing to be gained by becoming bitter, depressed, angry or immobilized by frustration. Instead, realize that you have just made a sizeable investment of your time and resources, and have received from that investment something of real value. You have learned firsthand a little more about what does and what does not work. You have gained valuable, real world experience, and because of that you are in an excellent place from which to move forward. Will you squander that valuable experience on feeling sorry for yourself? Or will you pick yourself up, adapt and adjust, and move enthusiastically ahead? When plans go awry, it's not the end of your world. In fact, if you choose, it can be the beginning of your real success. -- Ralph Marston __________________ Somewhere between the gator swamp and the Taj Mahal there is a path, it may be hidden, overgrown or may blend in with the other surroundings, but it is there, it's your path and it is calling you.~Frankly~

11-01-2005, 05:47 AM	#2 (permalink)
51anna Forum Leader Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Dancing in the Light Posts: 11,160	I love this Ann and I really needed to read it today! Thanks! __________________ Anna "I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel. Maya Angelou

11-01-2005, 10:20 AM	#3 (permalink)
Grimnar I bite. Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: USA Posts: 498	"Why do we fall? So that we can learn to pick ourselves up." - Batman Begins A good post Ann. Success through persistence.

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