The first step to self improvement (getting ahead) is believing that you can do it (whatever it is) and then taking the steps and doing the work necessary to reach the goal.
What if you "think you can" jump off the side of a mountain and fly away by flapping your arms? As they are scraping your remains off the base of the mountain, can you console yourself with the thought that you were "right" ?
Well if you believe that and do that then you are an idiot, but you knew that
Because you love to use
Reductio Ad Absurdum[Latin,Reduction to absurdity.] In logic, a methodemployed to disprove an argument by illustratinghow it leads to an absurdconsequence.
The first step to self improvement (getting ahead) is believing that you can do it (whatever it is) and then taking the steps and doing the work necessary to reach the goal.
Mot importantly - never giving up!
Not exactly relevant to the point, but I enjoy pet fantasy
Thanks
Carl is demonstrating how to cultivate "The power of positive thinking".
Okay then
What if you "think you can" jump off the side of a mountain and fly away by flapping your arms? As they are scraping your remains off the base of the mountain, can you console yourself with the thought that you were "right" ?
John
Well if you believe that and do that then you are an idiot, but you knew that
Because you love to use
Reductio Ad Absurdum [Latin, Reduction to absurdity.] In logic, a method employed to disprove an argument by illustrating how it leads to an absurd consequence.