Comments on: Success & failure http://smlacyart.com/success-failure/ Sarah Marie Lacy is an artist who paints moody landscapes and delicate figures in oils and acrylics. Fri, 03 Feb 2012 05:00:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Sarah http://smlacyart.com/success-failure/comment-page-1/#comment-968 Sarah Wed, 14 Apr 2010 19:20:39 +0000 http://smlacyart.com/?p=1706#comment-968 I totally agree with you, Lisa and that was partially my point - that the "traditional" ways of looking at success and failure are pretty negative and that's what I don't like about it - they only focus on things like money and fame. Which are great, but actually don't motivate me to get up in the morning. And that's why I finished with "You’re probably a success in a million other intangible, immeasurable ways that the world of money and fame could never even comprehend." Because my own personal definition of success is pretty similar to yours but I think of it as something so completely removed from those words "success and failure" because I <em>do </em>have very negative associations with those words. I've had to re-label what I'm aiming for to kind of sidestep that because when I think about it, I just break out in hives ;-) And I'm definitely <em>not </em>saying anyone should prescribe to my way of thinking. Lord knows I don't have any answers, just what works for me right now. I totally agree with you, Lisa and that was partially my point – that the “traditional” ways of looking at success and failure are pretty negative and that’s what I don’t like about it – they only focus on things like money and fame. Which are great, but actually don’t motivate me to get up in the morning. And that’s why I finished with “You’re probably a success in a million other intangible, immeasurable ways that the world of money and fame could never even comprehend.”

Because my own personal definition of success is pretty similar to yours but I think of it as something so completely removed from those words “success and failure” because I do have very negative associations with those words. I’ve had to re-label what I’m aiming for to kind of sidestep that because when I think about it, I just break out in hives ;-)

And I’m definitely not saying anyone should prescribe to my way of thinking. Lord knows I don’t have any answers, just what works for me right now.

]]> By: Lisa Call http://smlacyart.com/success-failure/comment-page-1/#comment-967 Lisa Call Wed, 14 Apr 2010 18:35:57 +0000 http://smlacyart.com/?p=1706#comment-967 I think this post is interesting in that it demonstrates that there are definitely some very negative ways to interpret the words success and failure - and you certainly focused on those negative connotations well. I'd challenge you to find a healthier way to look at those words. My take on success: http://blog.lisacall.com/2008/09/success-more-than-a-destination I think this post is interesting in that it demonstrates that there are definitely some very negative ways to interpret the words success and failure – and you certainly focused on those negative connotations well.

I’d challenge you to find a healthier way to look at those words.

My take on success: http://blog.lisacall.com/2008/09/success-more-than-a-destination

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