the takeaway - success and failure

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SUCCESS AND FAILURE Here's a story told by a gentlemen who learned to ski. While in ski school, each student was taught by the instructor to bend their knees, and do their snow plow turns. Meanwhile, there was one individual who kept trying to do fancy professional turns, and kept on falling over. In the beginning, everyone laughed at him. But by the end of the week, no one laughed anymore. For he was on the advanced slopes mastering the difficult turns, while the rest of the class were still doing snow plow turns on the easy slopes. He had courage to push himself and accept failure, while the rest stayed in their comfort zone. MOST PEOPLE THINK OF SUCCESS AND FAILURE AS OPPOSITES, BUT THEY ARE ACTUALLY BOTH PRODUCTS OF THE SAME PROCESS. S/F Sgt. Maj. Brad A Kasal Sergeant Major Fourth Marine Division

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Most people think of success and failure as opposites, but they are actually both products of the same process.

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Page 1: The Takeaway - Success and Failure

SUCCESS AND FAILURE

Here's a story told by a gentlemen who learned to ski. While in ski school, each student was taught by the instructor to bend their knees, and do their snow plow turns. 

Meanwhile, there was one individual who kept trying to do fancy professional turns, and kept on falling over.

In the beginning, everyone laughed at him. But by the end of the week, no one laughed anymore. For he was on the advanced slopes mastering the difficult turns, while the rest of the class were still doing snow plow turns on the easy slopes.

He had courage to push himself and accept failure, while the rest stayed in their comfort zone.

MOST PEOPLE THINK OF SUCCESS AND FAILURE AS OPPOSITES, BUT THEY ARE ACTUALLY BOTH PRODUCTS OF THE SAME PROCESS.

S/F Sgt. Maj. Brad A KasalSergeant MajorFourth Marine Division