What contributes most to your successful moments?

Thick skin, willingness to get knocked down, and positive attitude.

I agree with Slappy, actually. (Er, that sounded a bit too surprised. How about "I agree with Slappy, of course!")

The willingness to continue to try despite being knocked down is the biggie.

Force of will is out of the starting gate...looking forward to more thoughts...

I'll let you know when I have some...

No, really, I do my best when I'm relaxed -- when focus is easy, then there's not a lot of mental static between me and the task at hand. But, then, I'm more successful at manipulating objects and ideas than people, so if I can really bend all my attention on the obect or idea at hand, things generally go well.

Which all starts in the body, for me: elminating irrelevant tension.

The one thing that trumps all other things. Tenacity.

I think this may be one of those questions that need to be better defined before they can be answered. What do you mean by "successful moments"? I would have different answers for different definitions. For example, I would consider the ribbon-cutting on my brand-new, me-designed agency as a "successful moment", but that had many, many, many components leading up to it. Tenacity would indeed be a leading reason for that "successful moment."

But if you mean something narrower, something more defined and finite, my answer might be different, more like patiodog's. If I have a specific challenge in front of me -- say, meeting with two extremely objectionable members of the committee of which I am president to try to get them to stop warring -- I have a, hmm, zone maybe that I purposely go into. It's kind of a clarifying thing, I like what patiodog says about mental static. Just a deep intake of breath, slight adjustment in posture, intense focus coupled with physical relaxation, and whammo. Hard to describe, but the key thing in that mode is that information is received, swirled around, and (-- ack, ASL sign, can't think of English translation -- synthesized? Sort of.) synthesized so that solutions are readily visible.

Gawd, that made no sense. (NOT in that zone just now. )

Sozobe if you're having trouble saying what you mean try again and keep trying until you're satisified you have it right .

Be tenacious about it. :wink:

Phhhtbbt!!!

Let's go with 'your success', and this can be defined as either professional or personal....this is philosophy and debate, not science.

Hmmmm. Would that be "tenacious" or "tendentious"?

I have more then ten teeth, thankyouverymuch.

Somebody get me a towel.....

been browsing with the parental controls turned off, eh, bear?

Treating her like sh!t works too.

Just kidding.

I swear.

Being very politically astute usually works for me - well, that is the kind of environment I work in.....

Astute in general is a good question....for me, the ability to read people is very important.

A Happy Life. c.i.

A/ Doing something you enjoy doing and want to do

B/ Knowing you are good at it, confidence.

C/ Being able to think/plan on your feet, making instantaneous decisions.

Re: What contributes most to your successful moments?


A bit of many things. For me its mostly being observant enough to see an opportunity and active enough to seize it. I'm not shy about asking for what I want over and over again. I don't let the world forget what I trying to accomplish. If people know what I'm looking at doing they will usually help stear me in the right direction. Definitely not being afraid to ask.