07.30.08
Failed Again
“People who succeed the most often fail the most,” so say authors Cloud & Townsend in their book, “It’s Not My Fault.” This is precisely where our sense of humor can help.
When we take on a humorous perspective, we take on a lot of courage. We are not afraid to take risks, even if they lead to failure. That’s because we are not attached to outcomes. We are not aiming for perfectionism.
When we look at the humor in our everyday lives, we are looking at reality. Not what or how things ought to be, but what they are. We are not afraid to be politically icorrect. We are not afraid to make spelling mistakes. We are not bogged down by denial. We are committing ourselves to raw reality.
This is what the great comedians always have done. George Carlin told it like it IS. But, how he saw the world was how we usually aren’t encouraged to describe it. Jerry Seinfeld made the ordinary extraordinary by holding it up to the light of scrutiny. Suddenly even the most mundane aspects of life were up for grabs. Nothing was sacred, and we were allowed to question everything.
This openness and freedom is the key to trying new things, failing, and yes
–even succeeding!
