Formula for failure ( Archived) (25)

Aug 20, 2008 2:24 PM CST Formula for failure
HJFinAZ
HJFinAZHJFinAZSun CIty, Arizona USA870 Threads 1 Polls 17,068 Posts
Formula for failure; trying to please everyone.
--Anonymous

It has done us no good to set standards we could not reach. On many occasions, we adopted goals that couldn't be reached from the beginning. We allowed our identities to become tied in with pleasing people. If we suffered rejection, we collapsed into a quivering heap. Each time we wrapped ourselves up in a package for someone to pass judgment on, we set ourselves up for failure.
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Aug 20, 2008 2:29 PM CST Formula for failure
alabamabebe
alabamabebealabamabebeBanks of the Warrior River, Alabama USA66 Threads 3 Polls 4,404 Posts
HJFinAZ: Formula for failure; trying to please everyone.
--Anonymous

It has done us no good to set standards we could not reach. On many occasions, we adopted goals that couldn't be reached from the beginning. We allowed our identities to become tied in with pleasing people. If we suffered rejection, we collapsed into a quivering heap. Each time we wrapped ourselves up in a package for someone to pass judgment on, we set ourselves up for failure.
thumbs up So true. Like me or don't, I am who I am, I'm not about pleasing everyone in the world anymore. Tried for way too long, and nobody was happy including me. grin
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Aug 20, 2008 2:32 PM CST Formula for failure
livinglarge
livinglargelivinglargein a good place, Kildare Ireland10 Threads 5,879 Posts
HJFinAZ: Formula for failure; trying to please everyone.
--Anonymous

It has done us no good to set standards we could not reach. On many occasions, we adopted goals that couldn't be reached from the beginning. We allowed our identities to become tied in with pleasing people. If we suffered rejection, we collapsed into a quivering heap. Each time we wrapped ourselves up in a package for someone to pass judgment on, we set ourselves up for failure.
thumbs up thumbs up wave
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Aug 20, 2008 2:35 PM CST Formula for failure
simpleone
simpleonesimpleoneArkansas, USA3 Threads 52 Posts
HJFinAZ: Formula for failure; trying to please everyone.
--Anonymous

It has done us no good to set standards we could not reach. On many occasions, we adopted goals that couldn't be reached from the beginning. We allowed our identities to become tied in with pleasing people. If we suffered rejection, we collapsed into a quivering heap. Each time we wrapped ourselves up in a package for someone to pass judgment on, we set ourselves up for failure.


Some of the best advice ever given!thumbs up
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Aug 20, 2008 2:38 PM CST Formula for failure
HJFinAZ
HJFinAZHJFinAZSun CIty, Arizona USA870 Threads 1 Polls 17,068 Posts
simpleone: Some of the best advice ever given!


I prefer the gossip column to the advice column!!devil And I am no Ann Landers..


rolling on the floor laughing rolling on the floor laughing
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Aug 20, 2008 2:39 PM CST Formula for failure
simpleone
simpleonesimpleoneArkansas, USA3 Threads 52 Posts
Guess I'm just easy to please
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Aug 20, 2008 2:40 PM CST Formula for failure
kkitty4u
kkitty4ukkitty4uSt Paul, Minnesota USA24 Threads 3 Polls 1,138 Posts
tongue I SEE YOU ARE PLEASED laugh laugh
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Aug 20, 2008 2:41 PM CST Formula for failure
simpleone
simpleonesimpleoneArkansas, USA3 Threads 52 Posts
It happens
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Aug 20, 2008 2:44 PM CST Formula for failure
StressFree
StressFreeStressFreesmall city, Kalmar Sweden176 Threads 16 Polls 8,986 Posts
Sommerauer71: Choose your girlfriend carefully and it may well be.


Still ahead of you...

kkitty4u: I only have an hour


Is three good enough?
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Aug 20, 2008 2:46 PM CST Formula for failure
kkitty4u
kkitty4ukkitty4uSt Paul, Minnesota USA24 Threads 3 Polls 1,138 Posts
grin
StressFree: Still ahead of you...
Is three good enough?
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Aug 20, 2008 3:13 PM CST Formula for failure
cherokeemoon2
cherokeemoon2cherokeemoon2grove, Oklahoma USA15 Threads 545 Posts
alabamabebe: So true. Like me or don't, I am who I am, I'm not about pleasing everyone in the world anymore. Tried for way too long, and nobody was happy including me.
DITTOthumbs up
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Aug 20, 2008 3:59 PM CST Formula for failure
Jan1305
Jan1305Jan1305Sunshine and vino, Murcia Spain170 Threads 5,319 Posts
HJFinAZ: Formula for failure; trying to please everyone.
--Anonymous

It has done us no good to set standards we could not reach. On many occasions, we adopted goals that couldn't be reached from the beginning. We allowed our identities to become tied in with pleasing people. If we suffered rejection, we collapsed into a quivering heap. Each time we wrapped ourselves up in a package for someone to pass judgment on, we set ourselves up for failure.


Pat you think too much!

When are we going to hear what Pat actually thinks and does rather than what he reads. If we all followed platitudes like this, life would be an eternal paradise and nobody would be here!

In the past I tried to please everybody until I realised it's not healthy and was draining me. It is nice though to put a smile on someone's face.
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Aug 20, 2008 4:04 PM CST Formula for failure
woody636
woody636woody636Elgin, Illinois USA3 Threads 1,267 Posts
alabamabebe: So true. Like me or don't, I am who I am, I'm not about pleasing everyone in the world anymore. Tried for way too long, and nobody was happy including me.


thumbs up Agree with ya on this one! Except for the part about trying to do that. Never have, never will. Accept me for who I am.
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Aug 20, 2008 4:06 PM CST Formula for failure
Indyfella
IndyfellaIndyfellaindianapolis, Indiana USA152 Threads 8 Polls 18,150 Posts
HJFinAZ: Formula for failure; trying to please everyone.
--Anonymous

It has done us no good to set standards we could not reach. On many occasions, we adopted goals that couldn't be reached from the beginning. We allowed our identities to become tied in with pleasing people. If we suffered rejection, we collapsed into a quivering heap. Each time we wrapped ourselves up in a package for someone to pass judgment on, we set ourselves up for failure.








and an "amen"
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Aug 20, 2008 4:06 PM CST Formula for failure
tipaly81
tipaly81tipaly81Moscow, Idaho USA56 Threads 15 Polls 950 Posts
HJFinAZ: I prefer the gossip column to the advice column!! And I am no Ann Landers..


Hmm, but I could see you in a dress with some knee high stockings you ckecky thing you.blushing
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Aug 20, 2008 7:03 PM CST Formula for failure
HJFinAZ
HJFinAZHJFinAZSun CIty, Arizona USA870 Threads 1 Polls 17,068 Posts
Jan1305: Pat you think too much!

When are we going to hear what Pat actually thinks and does rather than what he reads. If we all followed platitudes like this, life would be an eternal paradise and nobody would be here!

In the past I tried to please everybody until I realised it's not healthy and was draining me. It is nice though to put a smile on someone's face.


Patrick thinks many different ways about many different things. I attempt to keep my mind active, I also attempt to pass along what I have learned. I never know who may benefit from what I have learned, I do know I have benefited from what others have learned. I have also learned education does not always come from a book.

Patrick does many things. Things that "please" Patrick. I do ham radio, race cars, custom motorcycles, a little travel, there is a seminar I do, and I care for an elderly mother Which things would you care to hear about?
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Aug 20, 2008 7:04 PM CST Formula for failure
HJFinAZ
HJFinAZHJFinAZSun CIty, Arizona USA870 Threads 1 Polls 17,068 Posts
PS........... I "AM" in eternal paradise, it comes from within...wink
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Aug 20, 2008 7:06 PM CST Formula for failure
Hugz_n_Kissez
Hugz_n_KissezHugz_n_KissezSomeplace, Ontario Canada59 Threads 2 Polls 25,438 Posts
HJFinAZ: Formula for failure; trying to please everyone.
--Anonymous

It has done us no good to set standards we could not reach. On many occasions, we adopted goals that couldn't be reached from the beginning. We allowed our identities to become tied in with pleasing people. If we suffered rejection, we collapsed into a quivering heap. Each time we wrapped ourselves up in a package for someone to pass judgment on, we set ourselves up for failure.



Very true...the day I found freedom in my self...was the day I stopped caring about what other people think!!!!!!!!!


wave wink hug teddybear
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Aug 20, 2008 7:07 PM CST Formula for failure
StressFree
StressFreeStressFreesmall city, Kalmar Sweden176 Threads 16 Polls 8,986 Posts
HJFinAZ: PS........... I "AM" in eternal paradise, it comes from within...


I believe you. Pat is all that and more in person. Great op post btw.
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Aug 20, 2008 7:13 PM CST Formula for failure
StressFree
StressFreeStressFreesmall city, Kalmar Sweden176 Threads 16 Polls 8,986 Posts
Hugz_n_Kissez: Very true...the day I found freedom in my self...was the day I stopped caring about what other people think!!!!!!!!!


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That is the worst kind of jail to live in, a jail in your mind suffocating you if you live other people's lives and adhere to their standards and demands. You lose yourself in that process. I learned that in sports...

I really don't care what other people think and I don't change my ways to fit in with anybody...and I am happier ever since I have been doing that.
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