“When you focus on fixing what’s broken, the standard by which you measure your progress is whatever you started with. If what you started with was crap, then the standard by which you judge your results is crap.”

I mean, in opposition: My Dad never fixed what he had that was broken. He became homogenized with his bugs because they had become “features” in his own mind. As he grew and kept on ignoring these ill-acquired ‘features’ or even worse, began seeing them as irreparable. He became more and more of a deception to those who would see the bugs clearly for what they were and more and more of a deception to himslef.

I do not mean to bring down my dad by this, he was a great man. But could he have become greater had he focused on fixing the damned bugs once and for all? I believe so.

I dunno Brad, maybe we’re saying the same thing and — like I said — its my understanding that’s wrong but in the case of my dad: having started with crap, had he focused on fixing what was broken, he would have stopped judging himself based on that crap and moved on”

Thank you very much for the posts Brad……but I guess I will have to agree with this one.
cheers :))

Really Nice posts….

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“When you focus on fixing what’s broken, the standard by which you measure your progress is whatever you started with. If what you started with was crap, then the standard by which you judge your results is crap.”

I mean, in opposition: My Dad never fixed what he had that was broken. He became homogenized with his bugs because they had become “features” in his own mind. As he grew and kept on ignoring these ill-acquired ‘features’ or even worse, began seeing them as irreparable. He became more and more of a deception to those who would see the bugs clearly for what they were and more and more of a deception to himslef.

I do not mean to bring down my dad by this, he was a great man. But could he have become greater had he focused on fixing the damned bugs once and for all? I believe so.

I dunno Brad, maybe we’re saying the same thing and — like I said — its my understanding that’s wrong but in the case of my dad: having started with crap, had he focused on fixing what was broken, he would have stopped judging himself based on that crap and moved on.

p.s.: Lets grab a beer sometime :)

Good luck.

BB

I already know my foundation is absolutely shit, but i figured that with enough patches, i could make it passable. Like putting a patch over my terrible interpersonal communication skills, or a patch over my self esteem, stuff like that.

It SEEMS to be working for me, actually, but i sense that the limit to how well it will work soon approaches.