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Day of small victories...
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MightyAtom
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Xism
Norway126 Posts
EDIT: Some times though, you would be better off not letting time tell you, if for example the girl you love loves you, and you "let time tell" and she falls in love with somebody else, you're screwed :p | ||
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happyft
United States470 Posts
The only problem I have with "time will tell" is that sometimes it takes too long for time to prove you right =P For example, if you short a stock at $100, and it goes up to $200 for a year before going to $0, did you make the right call? As a business owner, you may say yes because your outlook is years long, even decades long -- but in Wall Street, being wrong for 6 months is too long, maybe even 3 months is too long. (This is why investors, especially short sellers, are always looking out for what the "catalyst" event that will reveal the true value (or lack thereof) of the company is) But yeah, overall I agree with the "time will tell" idea =P Just gotta consider the time horizon... | ||
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7mk
Germany10157 Posts
must feel great to have such a vast amount of work finally start to pay off | ||
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r3dox
Germany261 Posts
anyways gl with your product ^^ | ||
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Z3kk
4099 Posts
I'm definitely happy to see how well this has been progressing, and wish you continued success, as always. Also, what an edifying story. As for all stories, what we take away from it shouldn't be applied universally (as some have noted), but the moral still stands...not too profound, but still very enlightening! | ||
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evanthebouncy!
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elmizzt
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Impervious
Canada4222 Posts
The next year, the coach stressed "one play at a time". The mentality caught on after a couple of weeks. Not only did we win our division, but we went further than any other school in my city has ever gone, culminating in a trip to the Roger's Centre for the Ontario finals. Each of us had an objective for each and every play. Usually my job was to block a specific person, and if I blocked him well, it was an individual victory for me. Sometimes the job I was required to do was easier than other times, but I still had to do it a shot either way. Regardless of how successful I was in an individual play, there's 11 other people on my team that need to also do their job successfully, or we don't have a successful play. Without enough individual victories, an individual play would fail. A run on first down which set us up for a 2nd and short was a victory. A short pass for the first down to move the chains was a victory. Finally punching it into the endzone was a victory. Running the ball well to take more time off the clock while ahead was a victory. Preventing our opponents from doing the same was a victory. Every single play gave us an opportunity to win a small victory. We didn't get a victory on every play. That's just not how the game works. However, we were able to get enough small victories on many drives to get points on the board. Points on the board were the way to measure the success and failure of each posession. Likewise, preventing the opponent from scoring points was also a measure of victory of an individual posession. Not every drive gets points, that's just the nature of the game. However, the winner of the game iss the one who scored the most points. Those points don't come from thin air, however, they come from successful use of posession of the ball. Those posessions themselves are the culmination of individual plays. Each individual play is the result of the individual efforts by the people on the field at that specific moment. Seeing us become really successful really gave me an understanding and made me respect how much of an effect those "small" victories had. And the words "One play at a time" are engraved on the inside of my championship ring. Without the small victories, the larger ones could not exist.  May you see larger victories in your future. | ||
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Z3kk
4099 Posts
On January 25 2011 05:28 Impervious wrote: + Show Spoiler + One of the years I played football in highschool, we went 0-6. We were slaughtered in each of those games. The next year, the coach stressed "one play at a time". The mentality caught on after a couple of weeks. Not only did we win our division, but we went further than any other school in my city has ever gone, culminating in a trip to the Roger's Centre for the Ontario finals. Each of us had an objective for each and every play. Usually my job was to block a specific person, and if I blocked him well, it was an individual victory for me. Sometimes the job I was required to do was easier than other times, but I still had to do it a shot either way. Regardless of how successful I was in an individual play, there's 11 other people on my team that need to also do their job successfully, or we don't have a successful play. Without enough individual victories, an individual play would fail. A run on first down which set us up for a 2nd and short was a victory. A short pass for the first down to move the chains was a victory. Finally punching it into the endzone was a victory. Running the ball well to take more time off the clock while ahead was a victory. Preventing our opponents from doing the same was a victory. Every single play gave us an opportunity to win a small victory. We didn't get a victory on every play. That's just not how the game works. However, we were able to get enough small victories on many drives to get points on the board. Points on the board were the way to measure the success and failure of each posession. Likewise, preventing the opponent from scoring points was also a measure of victory of an individual posession. Not every drive gets points, that's just the nature of the game. However, the winner of the game iss the one who scored the most points. Those points don't come from thin air, however, they come from successful use of posession of the ball. Those posessions themselves are the culmination of individual plays. Each individual play is the result of the individual efforts by the people on the field at that specific moment. Seeing us become really successful really gave me an understanding and made me respect how much of an effect those "small" victories had. And the words "One play at a time" are engraved on the inside of my championship ring. Without the small victories, the larger ones could not exist. May you see larger victories in your future. What a story... That's a potential life lesson, right there. Working together as a team, just perform your individual task to the best of your ability, try to get a small victory right there, and when the entire team works together so well, it culminates in an overarching victory for everyone...! Take life one play at a time--there's some food for thought! | ||
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happyft
United States470 Posts
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Impervious
Canada4222 Posts
EDIT - thinking about it a bit more, it's not that I wish him good luck. More like I'd like to put an emphasis on the importance of each and every "small" victory, and encourage him to continue working hard for the "bigger" victories to come. Because success seems to be much more about determination and preparation than it is about luck. | ||
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fanta[Rn]
Japan2465 Posts
such a good read as usual!Congrats on the victories, I'm happy for you that all your hard work pays off right now. Keep going, keep strong~ <3 | ||
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mel_ee
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MightyAtom
Korea (South)1897 Posts
@ elmizzt ^^ as well Guys I'll reply in more details later, but right now, I'm uber exhausted, I'm not the spring chicken I use to be, so I actually totally passed out after yesterday's day off and didn't get any work done, so I'll reblog likely in a couple days from now. But thanks for all the support as always. ^^ MightyAtom | ||
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