Mark Frauenfleder Rule of Thumb

Mistakes are not only inevitable, they’re a necessary part of learning and skill building ... mistakes are a sign that you’re active and curious ... in fact, recent brain research suggests that making mistakes is one of the best ways to learn.

Stefan Antonowicz Rule of Thumb

The way to greatness is paved with mistakes.

Ronald Regan Rule of Thumb

Sometimes, when we reach for the stars, we fall short ... but we must pick ourselves up again and press on despite the pain.

R. G. Ingersoll Rule of Thumb

The greatest test of courage on the earth is to bear defeat without losing heart.

Vince Lombardi Rule of Thumb

Winning is a habit ... unfortunately, so is losing.

Vince Lombardi Rule of Thumb

The difference between a successful person and others is not a lack of strength, not a lack of knowledge, but rather a lack of will.

Vivien Leigh Rule of Thumb

After all, tomorrow is another day!

John Dale Rule of Thumb

No goals, no problems ... no head, no headache ... no expectations, no failure!

Henry Ford Rule of Thumb

Failure is the opportunity to begin again more intelligently.

Sylvia T. Warner Rule of Thumb

The fatal law of gravity: when you are down, everything falls down on you.

Quentin Crisp Rule of Thumb

Treat all disasters as if they were trivialities but never treat a triviality as if it were a disaster.

Elvis Presley Rule of Thumb

When things go wrong, don't go with them!

Steven Pressfield Rules of Thumb

Activities that most commonly elicit Resistance ...

1. The pursuit of any calling in writing, painting, music, film, dance, or any creative art, however marginal or unconventional.
2. The launching of any entrepreneurial venture or enterprise, for profit or otherwise.
3. Any diet or health regimen.
4. Any program of spiritual advancement.
5. Any activity whose aim is tighter abdominals.
6. Any course or program designed to overcome an unwholesome habit or addiction.
7. Education of every kind.
8. Any act of political, moral, or ethical courage, including the decision to change for the better some unworthy pattern of thought or conduct in ourselves.
9. The undertaking of any enterprise or endeavor whose aim is to help others.
10. Any act that entails commitment of the heart ... the decision to get married, to have a child, to weather a rocky patch in a relationship.
11. The taking of any principled stand in the face of adversity.

[From The War of Art, Steven Pressfield]

Warren Buffet Rule of Thumb

You only find out who is swimming naked when the tide goes out.

Robert Schuller Rule of Thumb

What one great thing would you dare to do, if you knew you could not fail?

Joe Pulizzi Rule of Thumb

If you try to do something and fail, you are vastly better off than if you had tried nothing and succeeded.

Napolean Bonaparte Rule of Thumb

Glory is fleeting, but obscurity is forever!

Willis R. Whitney Rule of Thumb

Some people have thousands of reasons why they cannot do what they want to, when all they need is one reason why they can!

Dale Dauten Rule of Thumb

It is better to try and fail than to marry the status quo.

Winston Churchill Rule of Thumb

Success is the ability to go from one failure to another with no loss of enthusiasm.