Every Situation is Succeed or Learn

One of the simplest philosophies that our studio encourages is encapsulated in the words SUCCEED or LEARN.

We believe that there is no situation that cannot be turned to your advantage. We either prevail, or we learn from the situation.  This is the motto of those with a Growth Mindset. They love the opportunity to grow, so every situation is either succeed or learn.

Learning from those situations where we don’t succeed isn’t always easy, and is often painful, but there is no situation that you cannot benefit from.

As Marcus Aurelius  “Our actions may be impeded… but there can be no impeding our intensions or dispositions. Because we can accommodate and adapt. The mind adapts and converts to its own purposes the obstacle to our acting.”  Marcus Aurelius once held the most powerful position on Earth, Emperor of the Roman Empire – this man knew his shit.

Aurelius concludes his advice with this “The impediment to action advanced action. What stands in the way becomes the way.”  Or as Sandy Meisner used to say “That which hinders your task is your task.”

We grow through opposition to our action – just a muscle fibres must be torn in order to grow back stronger. We flourish not when things are plain sailing, but instead when things are tough, restrictive – the obstacle actually helps us to succeed.

Part of the solution rests in how you perceive the obstacle, the impediment. Most of us are paralysed by any set back or obstacle on our journey. Obstacles always affect us, they provoke strong negative emotion in us. It’s at this moment when we can choose to be crushed by defeat, stunned into silence, or choose to perceive it as a chance, and opportunity to learn, improve and grow.

To all of you, in all your actions today, Succeed or Learn. There is no lose. The choice is yours.