Category: Daily

I found myself watching these videos of people failing/falling and there are always three factors to this. First there is always someone who is doing something, there is someone filming the person doing something and then there is you.

The doer. The doer is the one who is putting themselves out there to be seen, and in this case recorded for the delight of others or maybe for they think they have something to add, maybe for the fame and notieriety gets them off and they feel like by doing this thing, knowing they are being video taped they will somehow make their lives and the lives aroudn them better. Now for the rest of them, the second group of watchers. The watchers make up most of the population, someone who belives themselves to be too shy, or careful, or potentially smarter than the doer who would never be caught in that situaton.

The only thing I have to say is do it; don’t wait; go for it; make your mark whether your face in the concrete whether it be wet, or dry.

Your Canadian Brother

The armchair enthusiast in all of us is exceptional at picking apart the actions of other people and we all develop at different rates, your experience is different than anyone elses, and why would you want it to be the same. There are only a few jobs that require commitment from you that is at a different level to that of an ordrinary job. And I am saying that an ordinary job is one where you log out, shut your laptop screen, turn off the monitor and sign off for the day and there is no expectation that you do anything productive in the way of contributing to the success of your business.

1) Entrepreneurship. Now this is small for the most part but if you are an entrepreneur there is a specific amount of hustle that is required from you to ensure that you have a livelihood. The unguaranteed paycheque is a constant cause for pressure and will likely seep into the rest of your life whether you like it or not.

2) Athletics. There is a huge committment and a toll on the rest of your life when you chose to live a life of athletics. Even if you do work for a “company” as a professional athlete for a large team, the requirement to travel, play, recover, all takes its toll on you physically and mentally nevermind your family.

3) Military memebers. Finally there is your miltiary member, who sacrifies a lot and is expected to, at the end of the day walk into the darkness if required to do so, as a part of their job. Thrilling to me, but not seen, understood, or appreciated the job of a military member is optimally all three, a huge impact on their families no doubt. Shake their hands say thanks.

You Canadian Brother.

You are at a constant battle with yourself to be at a state of homeostasis, your body and your mind do not like it when you are thrown too far out of your “comfort zone” so they will do anything they possibly can to make sure that you stay within the zone where you are comfortable, with the least stress, and at the mercy of the least judgement. Here are several tactics you must take to ensure that you are living to your potential.

First, address the fact that you don not know it all, you know nothing, and that there is only learning to be had. For example in the world of science, and space there is continual learning and the dismissal of old theorems in favor of the new. Your biology is no different, you need water, food and sunshine, learn the rest and most importantly be open to perform the learning, your mind is constantly dumping information that you don’t need and I mean constantly. Ensure that your mind is open to learning what it needs to be learning and dump information that it does not need.

Constantly push your boundaries, expand your learned experience whether this means by books, or courses and classes on specific topics there is an endless amount to be learned, become the best you can be at that particular model and make sure you are pushing the boundaries of your new learning. Expose yourself to the people, products, effectst that you are after so that you are best able to impliment the knowledge that you took on board.

Once you have learned something new, immediately put it into use if you expect to keep a handle on it. The reason that you don’t remember how to do calculus from school, or write in perfect English prose is because you have not been using the skills that you developed from those periods regularly enough for you to be effective at them. Use the skills you learn, you wont forget to put the eggs in the scrambled eggs but you might forget your keys on the counter when leaving the house, make the experience of learning compelling and fulfilling to make sure that it sticks.

Your Canadian Brother

Failure visits you when you want it to or not. Here are five steps to take when you’ve failed. Larger life failures seem to carry a big weight on us I’ve recently had a big mis step and it’s caused a lot of stress. What’s one yo do?

1. Turn off your brain. The first think you have to do especially if you fail at something that’s been extremely successful like a project at work that has been months in the progress or a submission that did not pan out the way you intended. Is take a step back. You will surely be angry or sad or some sort of emotion. Not dwelling on the failure will allow you to process the information.
2. Log off. If you are able to take yourself out of the failure situation then do it. If it is at work take some days off or school do the same take it easy let the feeling sink in and help re fill the reservoir you’ve expended on the project.
3. Network. Most of your friends have failed at something or your family seek your support network and bounce as much as you can off of them see what they have to say about what you’re doing and what they think you can do.
4. Assess. So youve taken a step back and turned off the thought process about the failure. Re start that thing on your shoulders assess what direction you need to take to move forward. Is that the right direction or were you taken off course for a reason big or small?
5. Re attack. Because youre virile get back on the horse and attack attack a new project or maybe you’ve learned enough from your mistakes to try again. Crack on.

Your Canadian Brother.