Comments on: Teddy Roosevelt has medicine for the fear of the critic http://writeorflight.com/2008/10/teddy-roosevelt-has-medicince-for-the-fear-of-the-critic/ A blog about writers, writing and filling life with clever words. Thu, 10 Jun 2010 18:40:29 -0600 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Phil http://writeorflight.com/2008/10/teddy-roosevelt-has-medicince-for-the-fear-of-the-critic/comment-page-1/#comment-12 Phil Thu, 16 Oct 2008 05:24:04 +0000 http://writeorflight.com/?p=57#comment-12 We so often forget the value of everything we do. We worry about what the finality is, more than the journey. Through that effort, we grow. That moment is edifying, and it has value too, even if the end result isn't what we would want. Whether it be 10,000 failed filaments, or 10,000 garbled words, the journey had us becoming something better, gradually. We so often forget the value of everything we do. We worry about what the finality is, more than the journey.

Through that effort, we grow. That moment is edifying, and it has value too, even if the end result isn’t what we would want.

Whether it be 10,000 failed filaments, or 10,000 garbled words, the journey had us becoming something better, gradually.

]]> By: Gaby Diaz http://writeorflight.com/2008/10/teddy-roosevelt-has-medicince-for-the-fear-of-the-critic/comment-page-1/#comment-11 Gaby Diaz Tue, 14 Oct 2008 02:25:24 +0000 http://writeorflight.com/?p=57#comment-11 On the subject of quotes, this is one of my favorite quotes about the fear of failure and criticism. Thomas Edison was once interviewed about his process of inventing the light bulb. When asked how he felt about failing 10,000 times before achieving a working prototype, he replied, "I didn't fail 10,000 times. I just found 10,000 ways not to make a light bulb." I think sometimes we forget the value of our "mistakes." There is a great comfort in knowing that once you mess something up real bad, you're not likely to mess the next thing up in the same manner. So with every criticism, of both ourselves and others, we learn one new path that our writing can attempt to discover. On the subject of quotes, this is one of my favorite quotes about the fear of failure and criticism.

Thomas Edison was once interviewed about his process of inventing the light bulb. When asked how he felt about failing 10,000 times before achieving a working prototype, he replied, “I didn’t fail 10,000 times. I just found 10,000 ways not to make a light bulb.”

I think sometimes we forget the value of our “mistakes.” There is a great comfort in knowing that once you mess something up real bad, you’re not likely to mess the next thing up in the same manner. So with every criticism, of both ourselves and others, we learn one new path that our writing can attempt to discover.

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