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| Pogo cellos. Mine looks a little bit different :0) |
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| This is Danny risking "losing" by capturing a flag. He LEARNED it wasn't a flag, but a marker placed there on purpose. And he never fell in the lake, so all is well. |
I like that wording a lot, especially with kids. Kids don't always understand the meanings of words like lose or loser and can mistake them for negativity. So by changing the wording to Learn some, it just might encourage more kids, and even some adults, to try a lot of different things without the fear of losing! It puts a positive spin on life. And you all know how I like to be positive! Whenever you play now, or try to make something, or just do a chore... then you can look at it as having 2 possible outcomes. Either you will win, which everyone likes to win! Or you can learn something. Again, everyone likes to learn, right?!
So, I am going to adapt that motto from now on so I am not afraid to do different things or try new stuff, etc. I will either win or I will learn, which really means no matter what I will WIN!
Now Go Out and Hug Someone Today!!!
4 comments:
Ha! So when you "lost" your keys at last year's iDeer Camp (while sledding down a hill on a makeshift cardboard sled) did you "learn" to put them in a place where they won't fall out if you wipe out?? I just read the win some, learn some quote a little bit ago. I believe it was a Robert Kiyosaki book. Babies learn to walk by falling down again and again and again, and each time they fall, they get positive reinforcement and encouragement. After that any time you "fall" you get ridiculed, laughed at, insulted, yelled at, punished or worse yet, given "advice" that maybe you're not cut out for _____ and you should give up and apply your energy in a different area. Here's to failing and falling forward!
Failing and falling forward indeed! Another great notion. thanks for the comment Danny!
Great lesson, Rodney, enjoyed the post!!
Thanks Anonymous :0). Glad you enjoyed it. I enjoyed writing it.
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