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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

***Anna*** · 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 Forum Leader Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: By The Lake Posts: 25,172	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 __________________ “Promise me you'll always remember: You're braver than you believe, and stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think.” ~Winnie the Pooh~

11-01-2005, 05:47 AM	#2 (permalink)
*Anna* Administrator Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Dancing in the Light Posts: 22,765	I love this Ann and I really needed to read it today! Thanks! __________________ And I dont know what the future is holding in store I dont know where Im going, Im not sure where I've been There's a spirit that guides me, a light that shines for me My life is worth the living, I dont need to see the end. John Denver

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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