I was told many years ago by a coach, that if you say that you can't do something, you won't. If you say you can, and then you fail, at least then you know you put forth your best effort.
Apparently, Barack Obama and I never shared that coach.
Hey, I have failed a LOT in my life. Hell, that is what builds character. You fail, you learn, you move on. And the best revenge is success. Walt Disney is a great example.
It seems that Senator Obama made need a refresher. By hearing his story over the past several months, I see him as a man who has known failure. And he has overcome that to succeed.
Senator Clinton was done, finished. But she used that failure to rebuild. Yesterday, she showed that while she may lose the battle, she will not go down without a fight.
Now all of this said, I want everyone to take away from this one key thing. And I said it earlier, the best revenge is success.
Let me give you a specific story about failure and motivation. In March 2001, I was fired from my job. I will not sugar-coat this by calling it anything else. I will state that I was setup to fail by a vindictive manager. So, I had a chip on my shoulder....a lot of it directed toward this man.
So I really enjoyed it when I became the traffic reporter on the local sports radio show that I knew he listened to every afternoon. The S.O.B. got to listen to me every day. I knew that I had gotten my revenge via success when he made a comment to a friend how he was irritated by having to hear me everyday.
So, what is my point? Turn lemons into lemonade? I guess so. But I think my way of wording things shows some more depth.
While Barack Obama suffered a setback, Hillary Clinton took the adversity and used it as her motivator. Or at least that I how I see it.
Let me know what you think....I know that I could be wrong.
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The Russians had a little problem with the Soyuz capsule returning to Earth. Sure, they made it. But they missed their target by about 250 miles. Oops.
And this is what the world will be depending on to get crews back and forth between Earth and the International Space Station after the Space Shuttle is retired in 2010.
Gives me confidence. Sort of like trying to get to St. Louis and ending up in Kansas City. Uh, oh.
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The thing about the Russian spacecraft is very strange. Back in my Conelrad childhood, we were all worried that a Soviet missile might hit Oak Ridge, Tennessee, near our home. Turns out, they would have probably hit Atlanta or Evansville instead.
Posted by: Dave Foulk | April 23, 2008 01:29 PM
Jay,
Just saying hey.
Things are good here at HGTV.
Posted by: Mike Davis | April 23, 2008 03:59 PM