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resources on people who aren't helping you win. It's not fair to keep someone in a job who isn't
working out when you could have fired them and given them the freedom to go find a better job
for themselves. ■
8/3/2019

Timmy G
Member Since: 04/14/02
Post: 43 of 58

What if failure led to a bankruptcy? What if failure led to a marriage collapse? What if
failure leads to substance abuse? We all hear about the people who take large risks and end up
successful. The people who take large risks and crap out-well, they just fade off into history's
dustbin. Certainly nothing ventured, nothing gained, but has to be measured risk. ■
8/4/2019

Sparrow
Member Since: 01/06/02
Post: 44 of 58

Part of my midlife crisis involved delving into why I was not as successful as my potential
would allow. I was led to three strong characteristics successful people all share. I found that I
was the exact opposite of each.
The most glaring was that I didn't do things that scared me. I always took the "sure bet"
route. Going to dental school was a sure bet. Buying a PPO-driven practice in a middle-class
neighborhood was a sure bet. I never took a risk.
But, TimmyG is spot-on with pointing out that you have to stick to measured risk.
The other characteristic I was opposite of was taking action immediately. It's what holds
back intelligent people: paralysis through analysis. I had to wait until everything was in perfect
order before I made a move, but by that time, the opportunity was missed.
It's never too late to change. But if I could go back, I would change those things and allow
myself to make a few mistakes and take a risk. ■
8/4/2019

howard
Member Since: 03/28/00
Post: 49 of 58

Do you think your past suffered more from you taking too much time making decisions,
paralyzed from "paralysis by analysis," or do you think the opposite was true and you suffered
more from "extinct by instinct" from making too many fast, impulsive decisions based on your
gut feelings? If you could start out all over again, would you make decisions differently? ■
8/4/2019

toothdoc1978
Member Since: 07/17/17
Post: 50 of 58

Few things I'd like to do now at 41 but wish I'd started earlier:
1. Get into real estate. I'm not burned out, but I feel handcuffed to my building to make a
living. I'm in a dead, low-income town, so low-income housing is a sure thing. Don't know
how to get into it. (Open to all suggestions.)
2. Get into the lecture circuit. Again, to break the handcuffs of my office. Love to teach or
publicly talk.
3. Network more, so I would know how to do the first two.
My office has been through a booming industrial economy, with 2,800 people (employees
and family) on union insurance with a $2,500-a-year max that covered everything, to one of
the poorest cities in the country in 15 years. Still haven't dipped below $2 million a year, but
don't know how to get into lecture circuit or if it's anything anyone would care about. PM with
anything. ■
8/8/2019

ToothNinja99
Member Since: 01/07/10
Post: 51 of 58

A few different things. Twenty years in the military. Any job. Retiring after 20 years with a
pension for the rest of your life is no joke. 38 years old. Traveling the world. Or ...
Two years community college taking business courses. Then vocational school. Then become

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