Ideal Conditions
We can look at conditions one of two ways:
- They weren’t ideal for what we had in mind
- They were ideal for what resulted
It’s not about controlling parameters, it’s about accepting outcomes.
It’s been said that you either win or you learn.
The ideal is winning.
Why?
We like winning.
Other people like winners.
If I want to be liked, and I do, then winning gets me there.
Or.
I can surround myself with people who want to hear about what I learned.
And in turn, I want to hear what they learned.
I like listening to winners, but the good ones, the honest ones, will tell you what they learned from loss.
The conditions are never going to be ideal.
The world is imperfect, after all.
But just because it didn’t turn out as planned, doesn’t mean it turned out any less.
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