On the way home I began to think about that confession. I realized, it is not as interesting to me to watch a "perfect" run as it is for someone to post a run with a mistake (dog or handler) or what they learned in their run. I like things that really make me think. I like things that help me learn. Watching perfection sometimes is really awesome, but run after run for me, tends to get boring. People don't comment on why it was perfect or what was perfect, only that it was perfect or a Q.
Now, it will catch my interest if there is a ton of handling moves that I don't recognize or sequences in a course that are evil and tough. But the average run, not so much.
I know, it takes guts to make our mistakes public. But only because not every sees it as a step toward success. Failure is thought to be a bad word.
I have a quote on my desk, "If you let your fear of consequence prevent you from following your deepest instinct, then you life will be safe, expedient, and thin" Katharine Butler Hathaway.
I don't want a safe and thin life, I want to be as good as I can be. Which, for me, means taking chances. It is a chance to learn, a chance to improve, or a chance to trust my training.
My take way from this. I need to post more "imperfect" runs on my blog (I don't post runs on FB too much--lots of reasons). Examine what I did well in that run and what I learned. Why? Because when I write about that, I am forced to examine the run, to analyze the handling and the dog, and draw conclusions that I can learn from. Posting one of my perfect runs does not cause me to learn. I feel proud and that shouldn't be underrated, but that isn't what keeps me coming back to the start line for another try. It is what I learn that keeps me coming back. Because I need to apply what I have learned the next time.
Develop success from failures. Discouragement and failure are two of the surest stepping stones to success. Dale Carnegie
It's fine to celebrate success but it is more important to heed the lessons of failure Bill Gates
Success is the result of perfection, hard work, learning from failure, loyalty, and persistence. Colin Powell
If I find 10,000 ways something won't work, I haven't failed. I am not discouraged, because every wrong attempt discarded is often a step forward. Thomas Edison
Success does not consist in never making mistakes but in never making the same one a second time.
George Bernard Shaw
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George Bernard Shaw
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