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subzero112001 t1_it74ijb wrote

Reply to comment by GeneralZaroff1 in [Image] Sometimes failure is brought on by oneself. by IanAgate

That quote doesn't claim "they didn't want it bad enough". It states that if you give up early on because things are difficult or you don't see progress, you might never see success.

Working diligently and intelligently towards your goal doesn't make your success rate 100%, it makes your success rate >0%. But if you give up then your chance of success is 0%.

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Nonstampcollector777 t1_it785mq wrote

What isn’t said but very real is that you can put in all the hard work and not see success either. You should put in time evaluating what you really want to do and think you would be good at.

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DnD4dena t1_it8898w wrote

Sure. But you'll be way closer to your goal than if you never tried.

And oftentimes I find the pursuit of the goal gave me skills and experiences that I would not trade for the end result

The routine, the consistency, the competition, the lessons, the improvement, etc. These are great, applicable skills to all aspects of life

And the end goal is often not a great thing to obtain anyway. What's a gold medal to someone vs the overall health you obtain from the training? What's the validation and recognition from the masses to disciplining yourself in all aspects of life?

These are things you don't gain by never trying in the first place

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ytsirhc t1_it9nbod wrote

and this is why the phrase “sometimes it’s not the destination it’s the journey” exists.

lately when I’m trying to decide if i want to do some thing that’s out of my comfort zone, I’ve been trying to ask myself “will you regret not trying to do this if you look back on this moment and remember you didn’t do anything? is this activity some thing that I will always wonder about or is it something that I won’t care about in a week?”

it’s not always easy to be honest with yourself about these things, but in the long run I have to remind myself and others that you will never regret getting up and trying even if you fail. But regretting the times you chose to not do anything out of fear is the most common type of regret there is.

i’m not saying I’m perfect at following this advice, but if you want a shorter version for your brain to remember my brain always thinks of “you won’t EVER regret going to the gym, even if you don’t work out to your full potential that day”

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NeoPhyRe t1_it7u8qi wrote

That's not all either. Even if you don't succeed, at least you will be more capable than if you had not even tried.

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dalyon t1_it7aps4 wrote

The quote also doesn't say he used steroids but he did

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subzero112001 t1_ita6fuz wrote

I haven’t heard of that. Source?

But even if he did use steroids, that doesn’t make his quote false. If Hitler said “2+2=4”, it doesn’t make that statement false just because he was a horrific person.

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