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Are you willing to fail?

As I started reading the note from Andrea Waltz & Richard Fenton in Go for NO! The Sequel

struck me.

They wrote the original Go for NO! 25 years ago, which is about as long as I’ve had a piece of steel on my desk imprinted with: what would you attempt to do if you knew you could not fail?
 
As I began to read, I was pondering if they mean the same thing – at least to me.
 
The story picks up 25 years later, the book is another sales parable. I’m not going to ruin the story for you and believe me, it’s a good one.
 
It’s still short – still readable in less time than you think – and still as relevant as the original.
 
With lessons peppered in:

 – Sales is sleezy only if you’re sleezy about it
 – I’m bothering people I’m uncovering if they need what I do
 – I need to fix myself work to fix the moment (moments add up to life)
 – What if, what if, what if worry is useless – start doing

The question we all need to ask ourselves (to paraphrase a line from The Sequel) is:

As I finished the book, I have to say that the steel imprinted quote on my desk and the one from Andrea and Richard’s note at the beginning of the book are different lessons.
 
Mine makes you think about what is possible without allowing fear to influence your choice.
 
Andrea and Richard’s is about not considering failure to be a bad thing, rather it’s a stepping stone to achieve your goals.
 
personal MindSHIFT started,
Lynn
 
ps to Andrea – I too want to be someone who’s not afraid to do hard things.

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