Comments on: How Much Can You Know About Yourself If You’ve Never Been In A Fight? http://iamsheamus.com/get-an-education/how-much-can-you-know-about-yourself-if-you%e2%80%99ve-never-been-in-a-fight/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 07:23:38 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Sheamus http://iamsheamus.com/get-an-education/how-much-can-you-know-about-yourself-if-you%e2%80%99ve-never-been-in-a-fight/#comment-163 Sheamus Sat, 10 May 2008 15:23:50 +0000 http://www.iamsheamus.com/2008/05/08/how-much-can-you-know-about-yourself-if-you%e2%80%99ve-never-been-in-a-fight/#comment-163 Absolutely. I forwarded this article to a few of the social media sites and got a bit of stick about my use of the term 'inherently worthless'. It's probably a poor choice of words, but my point was simply that if you go out of your way to avoid conflict - if you <i>never</i> experience any kind of confrontation - how can you possibly be doing anything worthwhile? Often a great gauge of how significant something might be is, ironically, how many people it initially upsets. If nobody objects to anything you say, my guess is you aren't saying anything. Absolutely. I forwarded this article to a few of the social media sites and got a bit of stick about my use of the term ‘inherently worthless’. It’s probably a poor choice of words, but my point was simply that if you go out of your way to avoid conflict - if you never experience any kind of confrontation - how can you possibly be doing anything worthwhile?

Often a great gauge of how significant something might be is, ironically, how many people it initially upsets.

If nobody objects to anything you say, my guess is you aren’t saying anything.

]]> By: Rob O. http://iamsheamus.com/get-an-education/how-much-can-you-know-about-yourself-if-you%e2%80%99ve-never-been-in-a-fight/#comment-161 Rob O. Sat, 10 May 2008 13:46:45 +0000 http://www.iamsheamus.com/2008/05/08/how-much-can-you-know-about-yourself-if-you%e2%80%99ve-never-been-in-a-fight/#comment-161 Its a good point that you make. Fear of getting hurt or failure can be crippling and this is true in every aspect of life. To be sure, your career will fall flat if you never venture out of your comfort zones because your success is less-than-certain. You must take risks in order to overcome stagnation and be progressive. One of my favorite movie lines of all times is from Tom Hanks (as Jimmy Dugan) in <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0104694/" rel="nofollow">A League of Their Own</a>: "It's supposed to be hard. If it wasn't hard, everyone would do it. The hard is what makes it great." Its a good point that you make. Fear of getting hurt or failure can be crippling and this is true in every aspect of life. To be sure, your career will fall flat if you never venture out of your comfort zones because your success is less-than-certain. You must take risks in order to overcome stagnation and be progressive.

One of my favorite movie lines of all times is from Tom Hanks (as Jimmy Dugan) in A League of Their Own: “It’s supposed to be hard. If it wasn’t hard, everyone would do it. The hard is what makes it great.”

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