On Thursday my middle child Abby decided she was ready to wear panties. She had a hard time on Thursday but when I put her to bed Thursday night she said “Daddy can I wear panties to school again tomorrow?” So on Friday she did better and then yesterday when we were all home she did much better but was still having a few accidents.
My oldest daughter turns to us, Melanie (my wife) and I, and said, “I think we need to put her back in diapers.” Both of us responded “no” and I followed up by saying “there is no option but success now.” It only took a few minutes to hit me that this isn’t just an approach to potty training but rather needs to be an approach to life and business.
If you take “there is no option but success” and apply it to business, then can you ever really stop trying, can you ever really fail? Yes there are plenty of failures along the way. Sometimes you get almost all the way to the potty but have that accident just before you reach it. Sometimes you think you’ve got it and you’ve made it to the potty three times in a row but then you’re way deep in the middle of watching Caillou and all of the sudden the rush comes too quickly. But if there is no other option but success then you recognize that it’s okay to fail along the way as long as you don’t lose sight of the end goal.
I think we as adults forget this principle way too often and allow for the option of failure. So I suggest next time you feel like you are on the precipice of failure take a step back and look at the end goal and remember failure is part of achieving success. After all, you do wear panties to work don’t you?
Kevin Metzger is father to Haley, Abby and Isaac and husband to Melanie. He is a Business Systems Architect and writes on tech and business topics at MetzgerBusiness.com. Kevin also writes MySpellingSucks.com for which he was awarded the 2009 East Cobber Father of the year. Recently Kevin has started TheDADvocateProject.com where he is looking for participation from dads to help write a book about this current generation of dads. Come by and fill out the DADvocate survey.
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“If you take “there is no option but success†and apply it to business, then can you ever really stop trying, can you ever really fail?” Adults need to be reminded of this all of the time . . . at least this one does. Failure is not an option in anything we do especially as parents/small business owners. If we can’t fail, how can’t accept our failures and move forward, how can we teach our children to do the same? Thanks for the post. Collin Harbour
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“If you take “there is no option but success†and apply it to business, then can you ever really stop trying, can you ever really fail?” Adults need to be reminded of this all of the time . . . at least this one does. Failure is not an option in anything we do especially as parents/small business owners. If we can't fail, how can't accept our failures and move forward, how can we teach our children to do the same? Thanks for the post. Collin Harbour
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“If you take “there is no option but success†and apply it to business, then can you ever really stop trying, can you ever really fail?” Adults need to be reminded of this all of the time . . . at least this one does. Failure is not an option in anything we do especially as parents/small business owners. If we can't fail, how can't accept our failures and move forward, how can we teach our children to do the same? Thanks for the post. Collin Harbour
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Collin, Thanks for coming by and leaving the comment. I too need to be reminded often that it is necessary to get up and keep going. Luckily I have my kids to help remind me. My oldest daughter has CP and falls quite often, she has learned literally to get back up and keep going. She teaches me the lesson over and over.
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Collin, Thanks for coming by and leaving the comment. I too need to be reminded often that it is necessary to get up and keep going. Luckily I have my kids to help remind me. My oldest daughter has CP and falls quite often, she has learned literally to get back up and keep going. She teaches me the lesson over and over.
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Collin, Thanks for coming by and leaving the comment. I too need to be reminded often that it is necessary to get up and keep going. Luckily I have my kids to help remind me. My oldest daughter has CP and falls quite often, she has learned literally to get back up and keep going. She teaches me the lesson over and over.
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“I think we as adults forget this principle way too often and allow for the option of failure.†Money quote right there. Great post!
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“I think we as adults forget this principle way too often and allow for the option of failure.†Money quote right there. Great post!
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“I think we as adults forget this principle way too often and allow for the option of failure.†Money quote right there. Great post!
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You are right! Sometimes even we slip down in the middle of realizing your dream, but that does not mean that you will never succeed. So just take a break and then continue the pace!
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You are right! Sometimes even we slip down in the middle of realizing your dream, but that does not mean that you will never succeed. So just take a break and then continue the pace!
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You are right! Sometimes even we slip down in the middle of realizing your dream, but that does not mean that you will never succeed. So just take a break and then continue the pace!
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You are right! Sometimes even we slip down in the middle of realizing your dream, but that does not mean that you will never succeed. So just take a break and then continue the pace!
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You are right! Sometimes even we slip down in the middle of realizing your dream, but that does not mean that you will never succeed. So just take a break and then continue the pace!
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Lol…I laughed my pants off. What are the parents thinking about? Gee…
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its a nice pic you have posted I liked it .the post is really helpful. I found so many interesting stuff in your blog especially its discussion. It’s some pretty great info,
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Haha. I love the picture. I bet my mom got a couple of weird lovely once as well.
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I found so many interesting stuff in your blog especially its discussion. It’s some pretty great info
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Adults need to be reminded of this all of the time . . . at least this one does. Failure is not an option in anything we do especially as parents/small business owners
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this is very interesting, I will consider
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I think we as adults forget this principle way too often and allow for the option of failure. So I suggest next time you feel like you are on the precipice of failure take a step back and look at the end goal and remember failure is part of achieving success.