Slippery Slope

Future success is a product of what we do with past failures and the prevailing attitude that we carry forward from those failures. In reality, failure is only final if we quit trying. As long as effort is still being applied forward, failure is valuable experience. Once effort ceases, failure becomes absolute.

We make promises everyday. These promises are based upon our best intentions, but the problem that comes into play is - they are not always based upon our track record.

The issue we create for ourselves is that once we start breaking promises, it can be difficult to recognize when we are making emotional decisions and commitments that we are ill-equipped to follow through on. It does not take much before breaking promises becomes normalized, as do failure and mediocrity.

It is a slippery slope to travel once we neglect our commitments and promises.

“Commitment is an act, not a word.” - Jean-Paul Sartre (1905 - 1980)