Michael Jordan arguably the greatest basketball player in NBA HISTORY didn’t make every shot. Yet, he’s still considered by many, the greatest of ALL time. How could this be if he wasn’t perfect? How could he be the greatest without making every single shot he tried?
How can he be considered THE GREATEST in the history of the NBA? Let me tell you a SECRET which will help you in LIFE. PERFECTION doesn’t exist! Perfection doesn’t exist! Perfection doesn’t exist! It’s an illusion! It is a judgment about perceptions! It’s an assessment of our EXPERIENCE. But it’s not the experience! It’s what we describe it to BE!
Barak Obama isn’t perfect! Bill Clinton isn’t perfect! None of these men, and all GREAT men in history; philosophers, scientists, inventors, athletes, artists, NONE were perfect! None were free from making mistakes! NONE! None! Buddha Shakyamuni made mistakes! Yes, Buddha’s err also. Enlightened, advanced, cultured individuals, renaissance men and women ERR! Question it yourself! Have you ever met someone who never made mistakes! NO! That’s BULL Crap!
So what makes these men GREAT?! What makes them so smooth, admired, respected?!
Here’s one of their BIG BIG secrets! They SELF-CORRECT! They err, but they know they DO! They OWN their errors and TRY to IMPROVE THE NEXT TIME!
Michael Jordan would be practicing while his teammates may have been partying! Did he make every shot!? Did he even make every DUNK?!! NO!!! He practiced harder to make fewer mistakes! BUT mistakes ALWAYS happen! We don’t need to worry as the title of this BLOG tells you! Why worry when you can OWN your mistake, improve and become better FOR IT?! Without mistakes WE WOULD NOT KNOW how to IMPROVE!
Here’s a short video about Failure to help you UNDERSTAND real life people who changed their lives by OWNING their failures and Continuing To Follow their PASSION!
Also, there is a ZEN saying, “ONLY GO STRAIGHT!” It has also been said by many people throughout HISTORY in different ways! For example the Japanese say, “Fall down seven times get up EIGHT!” When you FALL, Fail, Make a mistake, YOU GET UP! You improve, you LEARN, YOU ADAPT, YOU OWN YOUR ERRORS!
The thing about GREATNESS is, YOU WILL HAVE PEOPLE WHO LOVE YOU, HATE YOU, OR ARE INDDIFFERENT! WHo Cares!!!!!? You still have to Follow Your dreams! Live up to your own Measurements! In other words, be better than you were YESTERDAY! That’s real COMPETITION! In life, WE Look at our own behaviors! This is what meditation is about, OBSERVING OUR MINDS! Seeing with OUR OWN EYES! Hearing with OUR own EARS! Tasting with OUR own TONGUES! Our experience, what we perceive, all of it is ours!
Learn from failure!
Failure is not death, it is a lesson! Failure should motivate you to keep GOING!
Try AGAIN! I love JET LI in this Video.
ONE LAST SECRET! Sometimes it’s not about skill! Great actors sometimes wonder why other NOT so great, skilled, talented, TRAINED actors are more LOVED by MOVIE Viewers! It’s about Generosity, giving without feeling like IT’S ALL OR NOTHING! Countless previous lives these MORE LOVABLE yet LESS educated and trained ACTORS ( Any profession), performed for FREE, out of PASSION, out of a DESIRE TO Give back!
Learn to relax! One step at a time! Try AGAIN!
When in Hell, Keep Going!