Prof. #AndersPuckNielsen
Why are the peace talks not working?
#Failure
Despirte a lot of current marketing/spam, crypto isn’t the answer and doesn’t make your life or business easier/better.
#marketing #business #crypto #failure
Despirte a lot of current marketing/spam, crypto isn’t the answer and doesn’t make your life or business easier/better.
“You are the sum total of all of your highs and each of your lows.“ - Futurist Jim Carroll, via Lauren Daigle
Some songs speak to your soul.
And some lyrics reach out and grab you by the throat.
This one did.
It hits you right in the pre-chorus of Lauren Daigle's "You Say." She asks the question: "Am I more than just the sum of every high and every low?"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sIaT8Jl2zpI
The song came on while I was out for one of my first outdoor walks since my November spinal injury, and it hit the moment perfectly.
My answer to her question is: Yes, you are more—but you are also the sum.
You must accept the lows as a critical part of the process rather than pretending they don't exist. Otherwise, you'll never have the opportunity to learn from them.
In my career as a futurist, I tell clients that innovation isn't a straight line "up and to the right." It’s a messy squiggly line of breakthroughs and failures. You cannot have the "High" of a new invention without the "Low" of the failed prototype.
If you delete the failure, you delete the lesson.
My incident has informed me. It has taught me that the "lows"—the pain, the confinement, the loss of the ski season, the frustration,was not lost time. It was valuable insight.
It was the construction site where my resilience was being reinforced.
Rebar for life, if you think about it!
When life throws you a curveball, you have to live through and feel the emotions, rather than trying to hide from them.
Don't edit out the lows. Own them. They are the only reason the highs mean anything at all.
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Futurist Jim Carroll is back out for his regular morning sunrise walks, and is back to the gym. It feels great!
**#Highs** **#Lows** **#Resilience** **#Soul** **#Music** **#Lessons** **#Growth** **#Journey** **#Emotion** **#Healing** **#Wisdom** **#Life** **#Recovery** **#Strength** **#Learning** **#Failure** **#Breakthrough** **#Acceptance** **#Perspective** **#Inspiration** **#Process** **#Heart** **#Balance** **#Meaning** **#Onwards**
Original post: https://jimcarroll.com/2026/02/daily-inspiration-you-are-the-sum-total-of-all-of-your-highs-and-each-of-your-lows/
A quotation from Teddy Roosevelt
Far better it is to dare mighty things, even though checkered by failure, than to take rank with those who neither enjoy much or suffer much, because they live in the gray twilight that knows not victory nor defeat.
Theodore Roosevelt (1858–1919) American politician, statesman, conservationist, writer, US President (1901–1909)
Speech (1899-04-10), “The Strenuous Life,” Hamilton Club, Chicago
More about this quote: wist.info/roosevelt-theodore/3…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #teddyroosevelt #theodoreroosevelt #action #aspiration #attempting #cause #cost #daring #defeat #ennui #failure #goals #placidity #striving #victory
Majority of Americans agree Trump’s first year back is ‘a failure’
Majority of Americans agree Trump’s first year back is ‘a failure’
#Joebiden #Failure
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I don’t’ know everything. I don’t know what you know. I can guess. But most believe they know.
#life #failure
Power, nowadays, is equivalent to money/funds. Do not confuse the rich with the powerful. Also, do not confuse the powerful with those who can oppress.
#life #failure
I should really get back into WoW. It’s been a while, but all I see is the “grinding to level.” Yes, there are good stories, but they are there to support the grinding.
#wow #gamedev #failure
Sigh. After all these years, Apple’s autocorrect still does this. Yet, I’ve never ever used the word in any of my typing or work … I guess it’s trying to tell me something.
#apple #autocorrect #failure
Sigh. After all these years, Apple’s autocorrect still does this. Yet, I’ve never ever used the word in any of my typing or work … I guess it’s trying to tell me something.
"nothing is a mistake"
#lifelessons #failure
https://www.npr.org/2026/02/01/nx-s1-5683115/france-gaulier-clown-school
#BlackHole #Myth busted: they don’t suck anything in : Medium
Your #Voice Gives Away #Valuable #PersonalInformation : Misc
Why #Failure is a necessary #Ingredient for #Success – especially in the #Era of #AI : Misc
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The idea of the Great Koala National Park (GKNP) and ongoing clearfell logging of native forests
"Government GKNP proposal falls short according to Ashley Love...He says a recent environmental report, prepared on behalf of and with input from local environmentalists, indicates the current Government proposal is “grossly inadequate...It fails to adequately protect the largest coastal koala population in NSW, which occupies Bongil Bongil National Park, Pine Creek, Orara East and Tuckers Nob State Forests."
“The majority of plantation production is for pulpwood into a market that is now heavily oversupplied in South-east Asia or for burning as “biofuel” for electricity production.”
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https://coffscoast.newsofthearea.com.au/government-gknp-proposal-falls-short-according-to-ashley-love
#Biodiversity #wildlife #NSWLogging #governance #failure #thegreatkoalaNationalPark #ClearFelling #plantations #BellingenShire #TuckersNob #NSWForestry #extractivism
RE: https://mastodon.social/@arstechnica/116003266426597146
Another pass at polluting/obscuring the night sky so we have less to look up and aspire to. “They are filling the sky so no one can dream.”
Still getting a ton of email spam about Marriott pillows. I guess Marriott doesn’t care
#hotel #failure
Observation: An insurance ad stating “No jingles, no mascots” which is full of fascots.
Don’t try to be clever by contradicting yourself.
#marketing #failure
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