Step 6: Failure Thickens Your Skin & This Is GOOD

August 5, 2012 7 Comments


As you take your sixth step towards achieving your dreams, a mysteriously wonderful thing happens… your skin thickens.

Those back on the secure ledge may call it a loss of innocence but it’s not that. Do not be drawn towards such cynicism

It’s actually the protection of your innocence; you see your thickening skin is forming a robust protective layer around the innocence of your dream, no one can touch you now.

To achieve anything of any substance in this life, you need a certain resilience to get you through the tough times.

All that falling down as been thickening your skin, you are more ready than you have ever been to pursue your dream.

Fiery arrows may come your way in the morning, but you are ready for the battle, you are ready to run.

 

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  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Lynne-Holder/615319833 Lynne Holder

    Yes! And you will fall again, but the successes keep you pressing on…and on. By this time you’re immune to the naysayers back on the ledge. They’ve already been proven wrong. Don’t give up!

    • http://sevensentences.com Geoff Talbot

      I think we learn to take the general opinions of others less seriously? Trusting in a trusted view. I love your enthusiasm and determination Lynne

  • Phil Rood

    I have plates of armor, like an armadillo. I am battle-scarred, leathery, and too tough to be taken down by the anonymous trolls of the internet. I am ready to ride into the fray and do battle to the death… by posting cartoons on the internet.

    • http://sevensentences.com Geoff Talbot

      Lol that is a good thing Phil… Everyone has an opinion but not all opinions are reasonable or valid? How do you deal with criticism? Do you reply to negative comments? DO you remove them or allow them to be posted?

      • Phil Rood

        I tend to not reply to negative comments at all… I think people who are trolling are really just trying to bait you into an argument in the comments section. They are easier to publicly ignore. People who are making a real good point, offering constructive criticism, or inviting discussion about my work(as opposed to inviting an argument) I will respond to, and I tend to appreciate them.

        I never remove comments, good or bad. Someone posted it and everyone is entitled to their own opinion. If you edit out your own criticism, I feel like you’re offering a false public face of your work. The only exception would be if someone posted something hateful(racism, bigotry, etc) or very profane and the reason to remove those is because I try to make my blog and other portfolio sites available for all ages.

  • http://www.MariaKeckler.com/ Maria Keckler

    “Your skin thickens.” Oh, yes! It certainly does and like that very, very much!

    • http://sevensentences.com Geoff Talbot

      Is thickened skin less sensitive to touch? Does failure make us more insensitive necessarily? Or are we more resilient and yet comparatively more compassionate simultaneously?