Frazz by Jef Mallett for April 13, 2017

“If at first you don’t succeed, QUIT! No sense making a darn fool out of yourself!” W.C.Fields.

To so many people today, work is a four letter word.

For many, that realization comes too late. ‘If I had just . . .’

It’s like my old Spleenball coach said. Find out what you don’t do well, and then don’t do it. – Alf.

But how do you ever get good at something if you don’t work at it?

“I can accept failure, everyone fails at something. But I can’t accept not trying.” – Michael Jordan

Almost the entirety of civilization has been devoted to the idea of minimizing the amount of actual work we have to do. We need to prepare for the jobless economy of the future, when robots and automation will do 90% of what needs to be done, but the rest of us still need food, clothing, shelter, entertainment, etc. And those things can’t be dependent on having a job, because the jobs won’t be there.

“It’s not whether you get knocked down; it’s whether you get up.”— Vince Lombardi

“Never let the fear of striking out get in your way.”– Babe Ruth

Well statistically speaking you only miss 50% of the shots you don’t take.

I thought today’s effort was pretty good!

I found today’s effort entertaining and food for thought.

@BIGPUMA: I’ve always been about perseverance. I played college football, and that’s what was always drilled into us. Work hard, keep trying, always go forward. The guys who move on from college to the pros aren’t always the ones who have the most talent, but the guys with some talent who gave 100% effort 100% of time will almost always get signed.

Muhammad Ali once said: “I hated every minute of training, but I said, ’Don’t quit. Suffer now and live the rest of your life as a champion.’” That’s what it’s all about. Even those of us who never made it past college ball, took that attitude into our lives after the game, and succeeded in what we did do.

Keep failing until you reach succes. Too bad not all of us can afford failure.

Miles Davis said you have to play despite all distractions, and the belief that you aren’t going to play well is a distraction. (on a different note {pun not intended} he also said when you play you blow from the knees up.)

“You miss 100% of the shots you don’t take. -Wayne Gretzky” -Michael Scott