Monday, February 25, 2013

Find Your Balance



Gabby Douglas made a name for herself at the recent Olympics in London.  She proved her skills again and again on the balance beam. 

I imagine Gabby lost her balance a time or two before she became a world class performer.  She practiced an age-old rule of thumb:

“To find your balance you have to lose your balance.”

Wayne Gretzky, Ice Hockey great, was famous for what some termed “foolish skating” in practice, but he did it so that he could find the limits of his abilities and keep pushing them out.  He would lose his balance so he could find it.

We say this another way:

Fail again … Fail Better!

Fall down – rediscover your balance, stand up and try again.

A simple principle – for life.



P Michael Biggs
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