"What would you attempt to do if you knew you could not fail?"
-Dr. Robert Schuller
I ran across this quote a couple of days ago, and have been posing the question to everyone I know. Most of the answers I get have to do with pursuing a creative goal. One friend says she would paint, two others would sing, I would write a book.
When you are working full-time, it's easy to think that the only thing standing between you and your goal of (fill-in-the-blank), is the fact that you don't have time to pursue it because you are working.
I'm retired now; I don't have the excuse that I don't have time. I love this quote because it points out the reality, that what is keeping you from pursuing your dream isn't really lack of time, it's fear. Retirement will cure the time problem, but not the fear of failure.
What would you attempt to do if you knew you could not fail?
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Glad you asked...Id find a cure for cancer of Course! Oh...can I do 2 things?
Id also like to fix the medical insurance situation here in our USA!
Posted by: Sara | November 19, 2008 at 07:26 AM
Sometimes I think if I were able to retire now, all Id do is play computer games - because thats a lot of what I do on weekends.
I tell myself if I had more time it would be different, but would it?
I think before I retire I need to sort this issue out. I *think* I would spend a lot of time indulging my intellectual curiosity - reading, traveling, creating. I would get involved in my community. If I didnt have to worry about money capital, I would focus on social capital.
Posted by: Lise | November 19, 2008 at 07:53 AM
I really hate that question because it makes me think, and thinking leads to doing, and doing leads to all kinds of trouble :)
I'd write for a living. Not because I'm blazingly passionate about writing, but because I think more people would read my writing than listening to me blathering. Again, :)
Posted by: Steve | November 21, 2008 at 12:08 PM