Comments on: anything http://bentcontent.wordpress.com/2007/09/13/anything/ this is my life Wed, 31 Oct 2007 04:24:43 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: edwin http://bentcontent.wordpress.com/2007/09/13/anything/#comment-15 edwin Sun, 23 Sep 2007 20:04:46 +0000 http://bentcontent.wordpress.com/2007/09/13/anything/#comment-15 Don't give up trying... keep your dreams, just modify what you expect 'success' is in what you want to accomplish and it should all be good. Don’t give up trying… keep your dreams, just modify what you expect ’success’ is in what you want to accomplish and it should all be good.

]]> By: Geoff Wozniak http://bentcontent.wordpress.com/2007/09/13/anything/#comment-13 Geoff Wozniak Wed, 19 Sep 2007 12:26:06 +0000 http://bentcontent.wordpress.com/2007/09/13/anything/#comment-13 <em>You can do anything you put your mind to.</em> As with most platitudes, this statement grossly oversimplifies things to make people feel better about themselves and their potential. There is some good to it, but when it is read at face value and not carefully considered, I don't see how it will make people <em>actually</em> feel better. Hence, I gave up believing in it some time ago and no longer repeat it to myself. Since that time, I have started feeling better about my abilities and where I stand in the world. I'm not going to get into an explanation of this just yet. I'll work on my own blog post in response. :) You can do anything you put your mind to.

As with most platitudes, this statement grossly oversimplifies things to make people feel better about themselves and their potential. There is some good to it, but when it is read at face value and not carefully considered, I don’t see how it will make people actually feel better.

Hence, I gave up believing in it some time ago and no longer repeat it to myself. Since that time, I have started feeling better about my abilities and where I stand in the world.

I’m not going to get into an explanation of this just yet. I’ll work on my own blog post in response. :)

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