You're from the midwest, aren't you? Lots of down home can't argue with the logic common sensible sayings come out of the mouths of people in the midwest, and yours struck me as one of them.
absolutely ! self imposed glass ceilings are very real. i am experiencing this now--- for as long as i can remember, all i ever wanted was a nice house, several hot cars, art, a library full of books, etc. i have these things now, but am having difficulty moving beyond my present situation. a glass ceiling----- is this fate or something else ??? peace surfer
Someone once said "The joy of winning and pain of losing are right up there with the pain of winning and joy of losing." Makes perfect sense! On the other hand, in an industry with 90%+ failure rate, a fear of failure is almost moot, no?
NihabaAshi, There is this story about a Zen master telling his student to jump over a crack on the sidewalk, of 4 feet wide x 1 foot deep. The student jumped over it without problem nor hesitation. The Zen master then brought his student up to the mountain, and asked him to jump over a crevace of 4 feet wide and about 100 feet deep. The student hesitated, and was fearful. Cheers!!
I have heard of *fear of success*. I have comptemplated on what it means. I have never quite figured out exactly what it means. I might have it, I couldn't say for sure. There's one thing about it though that is almost certain, if I do have it, I'll very likely forget that I have it at any old time. Especially if I put it - 'in a *safe* place' - then it could be gone for years. Senility has it's benifits !!!
Girlpower, I have had the painfull experience of discovering this fact about myself. It's not fear...but a fullfilling of a mothers condemnation. Michael B. P.S. I am growing.....after I have realized this about myself...only trading and my wife made me realize this problem.
yeah right and i wonder what kind of traders the williams sisters would be - they are amazing - wow!!