I saw a picture of a boy trying to do a somersault while people looking and cheering him on. The caption read: There is no such thing as tryouts. It’s either you do it or you don’t.

So many people are afraid to lose that whenever they engage in competitive activities they condition themselves and their friends that they are just trying things out. People would go in a defensive mode emphasizing the lack of preparation and as such no high expectations were set.

This is a loser mindset. Don’t be afraid to lose. Whenever you go and participate in any competitive activities think about giving everything you got and aim to win. It doesn’t matter if you fail because all that matters is you went all out for the win.

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Earlier in my career I had so much fun finishing programming tasks in 1/3 of the time allotted by the project manager. I thought it was best to work hard enough to accomplish things blazingly fast.

However, when my sister learned about this she disagreed and told me how their Japanese client takes it against you for finishing things earlier than expected. She explained how they were taught to finish things on time and do things accurately as expected.

I was at Jollibee (local hamburger fast-food chain) yesterday and noticed the store manager holding a stopwatch and recording time transactions on a specific cashier.

I thought how much time the manager was wasting standing and doing a non-managerial task. Holding the stopwatch doesn’t give you accurate data as per the customer, number of orders made and kinds of food ordered. I ought to demote him or his upper management with that kind of thinking.

I watched Bruce Willis’ Tears of the Sun last night on DVD. He went out of his military command to do something good for Africa.

The only thing necessary for the triump of evil is for good men to do nothing. —Edmund Burke

An optimistic person sends out a positive aura that grabs people to mingle and like you. Optimism helps a person become far more productive which contributes to greater success.

Unfortunately there are a lot of people who are pessimistic; they find it convenient to fill their minds with negative thoughts rather than hope and optimism. The find that expecting nothing is better than hoping for something and end up disappointed.

Steve Aitchison came up with a pretty neat list of the 50 best personal development blogs. The list include prestigious sites such as Steve Pavlina, Lifehacker, Lifehack, Life Coaches Blog, David Seah, Head Rush, etc.

There are a lot of blogs I have discovered from the list which are extremely helpful; but what makes it so cool is my inclusion in the list. Thanks Steve.

List found here.