Comments for Fear is Failure http://fearisfailure.com Exercises in Acceleration Thu, 08 Jan 2009 00:02:31 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=MU hourly 1 Comment on A Year in Review by Russell McNeil http://fearisfailure.com/2008/05/18/a-year-in-review/#comment-70 Russell McNeil Sun, 28 Sep 2008 02:42:20 +0000 http://fearisfailure.wordpress.com/?p=24#comment-70 This is an astonishing post. And I was delighted to see my book on your list. Surprising as well was to see your passion for the physical and your personal training ambitions realized - something I too completed a few months back. All the best in your continuing mission. Russell McNeil, Author The Meditations of Marcus Aurelius: Selections Annotated and Explained This is an astonishing post. And I was delighted to see my book on your list. Surprising as well was to see your passion for the physical and your personal training ambitions realized - something I too completed a few months back. All the best in your continuing mission.

Russell McNeil, Author
The Meditations of Marcus Aurelius: Selections Annotated and Explained

]]> Comment on A Year in Review by Ryan http://fearisfailure.com/2008/05/18/a-year-in-review/#comment-68 Ryan Tue, 20 May 2008 20:30:46 +0000 http://fearisfailure.wordpress.com/?p=24#comment-68 Having been your roommate for the past year, I liked reading this year in review post as I've seen it unfold as closely as anyone has (through working out/muay thai/discussing books and ideas, etc.). This clearly has been a transformative year, and I think you've done an excellent job explaining what you've been doing recently by calling it a "course in life". As Dave said, the number of books you've made it through this year is admirable and I think the fact that you've even made this year happen is even more admirable. You've done what so many talk about, but never follow through on and you have been able to sustain it. The fact that you stay motivated and move forward positively everyday is a testament to your character, and one of the things that will continue the successes you've had. As we've discussed, this year (which has already been so positive) will be paying dividends for years to come. It's when, not if, you hit it big. Having been your roommate for the past year, I liked reading this year in review post as I’ve seen it unfold as closely as anyone has (through working out/muay thai/discussing books and ideas, etc.).

This clearly has been a transformative year, and I think you’ve done an excellent job explaining what you’ve been doing recently by calling it a “course in life”. As Dave said, the number of books you’ve made it through this year is admirable and I think the fact that you’ve even made this year happen is even more admirable. You’ve done what so many talk about, but never follow through on and you have been able to sustain it. The fact that you stay motivated and move forward positively everyday is a testament to your character, and one of the things that will continue the successes you’ve had.

As we’ve discussed, this year (which has already been so positive) will be paying dividends for years to come. It’s when, not if, you hit it big.

]]> Comment on A Year in Review by David Walsh http://fearisfailure.com/2008/05/18/a-year-in-review/#comment-65 David Walsh Mon, 19 May 2008 14:35:22 +0000 http://fearisfailure.wordpress.com/?p=24#comment-65 Considering we actually came to know each other through a blog post, it feels appropriate the drop a comment one year later. Your book consumption is enviable and admirable and says much about the person your shaping yourself into. It's promising to see your high mark for "Flow" as that is next in my queue. This has clearly been a huge year for you -- a year like this, your first out of the corporate world, is a year unlike most still in that realm will ever experience. Really acknowledge that. Climbing Fuji in Japan, physical training certification, a book down every few days, jumping from a plane, creating a business and building strong friendships -- all inside the first year, a year of perfect health. I defy most to hold a candle to that. Life does conspire on our behalf. Your year is solid proof of that, and the prospect of the next years to come is enough to set the mind on fire with anticipation. Life, she is good. Considering we actually came to know each other through a blog post, it feels appropriate the drop a comment one year later. Your book consumption is enviable and admirable and says much about the person your shaping yourself into. It’s promising to see your high mark for “Flow” as that is next in my queue.

This has clearly been a huge year for you — a year like this, your first out of the corporate world, is a year unlike most still in that realm will ever experience. Really acknowledge that. Climbing Fuji in Japan, physical training certification, a book down every few days, jumping from a plane, creating a business and building strong friendships — all inside the first year, a year of perfect health. I defy most to hold a candle to that.

Life does conspire on our behalf. Your year is solid proof of that, and the prospect of the next years to come is enough to set the mind on fire with anticipation.

Life, she is good.

]]> Comment on Japan - The Experience of a Lifetime by I WANT YOU to Become the Editor of a NY Times Bestseller and Travel the World for Free | The Blog of Author Tim Ferriss http://fearisfailure.com/2007/11/14/japan-the-experience-of-a-lifetime/#comment-60 I WANT YOU to Become the Editor of a NY Times Bestseller and Travel the World for Free | The Blog of Author Tim Ferriss Thu, 21 Feb 2008 01:26:27 +0000 http://fearisfailure.com/2007/11/14/japan-the-experience-of-a-lifetime/#comment-60 [...] Bali or touring the hidden temples and Bladerunner-like coolness of Japan. I’ve already sent readers to do [...] [...] Bali or touring the hidden temples and Bladerunner-like coolness of Japan. I’ve already sent readers to do [...]

]]> Comment on A Call to Action and an Endless Summer by Seth Hosko http://fearisfailure.com/2007/11/13/a-call-to-action-and-an-endless-summer/#comment-2 Seth Hosko Wed, 14 Nov 2007 07:37:10 +0000 http://fearisfailure.com/2007/11/13/a-call-to-action-and-an-endless-summer/#comment-2 That last statement is so powerful yet routinely overlooked. Nothing to lose and everything to gain. If you just took a few minutes to explore the value behind such a statement and how it applies to you, you're bound to find it invaluable. Fail. Fail. Fail. Fail. Succeed. Or, Fail. There is no other option. Weigh the balance of small risks you take today next to the boundless opportunities you will create for yourself if you take the next step. It's one of the hardest actions any one of us make, yet its also the biggest one that is required of us to succeed. It's something that I am working on to drill into my memory every day, that without that step, its just a fail.. worse than my fear to try at all - and that should scare you into action. Action that will undoubtedly change your life. That last statement is so powerful yet routinely overlooked. Nothing to lose and everything to gain. If you just took a few minutes to explore the value behind such a statement and how it applies to you, you’re bound to find it invaluable.

Fail. Fail. Fail. Fail. Succeed.

Or,

Fail.

There is no other option. Weigh the balance of small risks you take today next to the boundless opportunities you will create for yourself if you take the next step. It’s one of the hardest actions any one of us make, yet its also the biggest one that is required of us to succeed. It’s something that I am working on to drill into my memory every day, that without that step, its just a fail.. worse than my fear to try at all - and that should scare you into action. Action that will undoubtedly change your life.

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