Mary Pickford used to say, “Don't look at the sudden loss of a habit, or a way of life, as the end of the road; see it instead as only a bend in the road that will open up all sorts of interesting possibilities and new experiences. After all, you've seen the scenery on the old road for so long, and you obviously no longer like it.”
Neha Jhalani Hiranandani: A Guide to Her Life and Career
Falling Isn't Failing
1. An excerpt from the bestseller
“How to Completely Change Your Life in 30 Seconds”
By Robert C. Worstell - edited from the talks of
Earl Nightingale
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Mary Pickford used to say, “Don't look at the sudden loss of
a habit, or a way of life, as the end of the road; see it instead
as only a bend in the road that will open up all sorts of
interesting possibilities and new experiences. After all,
you've seen the scenery on the old road for so long, and you
obviously no longer like it.”
The breaking of a long-time habit does seem like the end of
the road at the time - the complete cessation of enjoyment.
Suddenly dropping the habit so fills our minds with the
desire for the old habitual way that, for a while, it seems
there will no longer be any peace, any sort of enjoyment.
But that's not true. New habits form in a surprisingly short
time, and a whole new world opens up to us.
For those who have tried repeatedly to break a habit of
some kind, only to repeatedly fail, Mary Pickford said,
“Falling is not failing, unless you fail to get up.” Most
people who finally win the battle over a habit have done so
only after repeated failures.
I remember in Arthur Miller's play The Price, the father lost
everything during the stock market crash of 1929 and, for
the rest of his life, sat in a room in the attic of a relative.
That's failing. It seems some people lack the stamina, the
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energy, to do it all over again or to make a new start. For
them, it's just the end of the road, and they've come to a full
stop. Many lead such superficial lives, have so little depth of
mind and spirit, that the sudden loss of income or material
things is too much for them, and they jump out a window or
retreat into insanity.
So if you've been trying to start in a new direction, you
might do well to remember the advice of Mary Pickford: It
isn't the end of the road; it's just a bend in the road. And
falling isn't failing, unless you don't get up.
A successful life is built on the foundation of successful
tasks - each completed in the pursuit of perfection - one day
at a time.
A goal sometimes seems so far off and our progress often
appears to be so painfully slow that we have a tendency to
lose heart. It sometimes seems we'll never make the grade.
We come close to giving up - falling back into old habits,
which, while they may be comfortable, lead to nowhere.
Well, there's a way to overcome this inevitable barrier to
success, and here is the secret: Every great achievement is
nothing more than the collection of smaller achievements
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Your Life in 30 Seconds
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done to perfection. Even the “impossible” has been
accomplished through the relentless pursuit of success, one
day at a time.
Have you ever seen a bricklayer starting a new building by
putting the first brick in place? You are struck by the size of
the job he has ahead of him. But one day, almost before you
realize it, he's finished. All the thousands of bricks are in
place, each one vital to the finished structure, each one
sharing its portion of the load. How did he do it? Simple,
one brick at a time. And so is the pursuit of success and
greatness.
A lifetime is composed of days, strung together into weeks,
months, and years. A successful life is nothing more than a
lot of successful days put together. As such, every day
counts.
Just as a stone mason can put only one stone in place at a
time, you can live only one day at a time. And it's the way in
which these stones are placed that will determine the
beauty, the strength of the tower. If each stone is
successfully placed - with care and quality - the tower will
be a success. If, on the other hand, they're put down in a hit-
or-miss fashion - irrespective of quality - the whole tower is
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in danger. Seems simple. Yet, how many people do you
know who live like this - focused on "just getting through"
each day instead of on the "success" of each day. Which are
you focused on?
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Your Life in 30 Seconds
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