Comments on: There Is No Success Only Feedback

By: Earned Wealth

Earned Wealth — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 05:33:20 +0000

Great information! Thanks for writing this. It is an honor to participate in the discussion.

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Life, Love, & Learning - How to “Win” in Life — Mon, 18 Feb 2008 05:12:38 +0000

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By: Dr Martin W. Russell

Dr Martin W. Russell — Sat, 15 Dec 2007 20:12:17 +0000

Hi Mark,

Great points – the article is indeed SMART + DUMB = Success!

The Inner Game series is very focussed on feedback and how to get the raw unprocessed version.

Much of self help depends on self-feedback without preconceptions – including preconceptions like success and failure.

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Sat, 15 Dec 2007 13:00:26 +0000

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By: Mark McClure

Mark McClure — Fri, 14 Dec 2007 02:17:44 +0000

Martin –

Maybe you recall the catchy Huey Lewis song, “Hip to be square”?

Playing around with that contrast, I wrote an article that might just as well have been called “It’s smart to be dumb”.

http://www.goalcreationmaps.com/art/a.php?a=6

From personal experience, I suspect that a bit of fun around feedback can be good for the soul – so now when I get all serious about goal setting and time limits etc, I encourage ‘dumbness’ lol.

As for your article’s final sentence – yes, a bit of a koan, that one!

Having just re-read part of Tim Gallwey’s “The Inner Game Of Tennis” this morning, I am reminded how much more successful his tennis students were when they stopped trying so much

– and started being more aware of what their bodies and rackets were actually doing.

There is a tremendous and comforting strength in our/my own awareness.

– Mark McClure