Comments on: Thought of the Day: Endurance http://gigaom.com/2008/01/25/thought-of-the-day-endurance/ Sat, 11 Feb 2012 12:44:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Winston Churchil on success and failure at Laurent Kretz http://gigaom.com/2008/01/25/thought-of-the-day-endurance/#comment-192188 Tue, 18 Mar 2008 22:09:08 +0000 http://foundread.com/?p=468#comment-192188 [...] of going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm.” Winston Churchill Read in the Thought of the day, in [...]

]]> By: Thought of the Day: ‘Yes, you can!’ « FoundRead http://gigaom.com/2008/01/25/thought-of-the-day-endurance/#comment-192187 Mon, 28 Jan 2008 09:45:06 +0000 http://foundread.com/?p=468#comment-192187 [...] often find inspiration in political leaders — as many of you did last week with our Churchill quotation. The effective ones have the ability to motivate us beyond any single set of circumstances, and [...]

]]> By: Matt http://gigaom.com/2008/01/25/thought-of-the-day-endurance/#comment-192180 Sat, 26 Jan 2008 10:29:58 +0000 http://foundread.com/?p=468#comment-192180 After the week that I’ve had trying to get my mail server up and running properly (I’ve now torn most of my hair out), this is a fantastically well timed article. I think every founder needs an occasional reminder to keep on going.

Great thoughts – thanks Carleen.

]]> By: Carleen Hawn http://gigaom.com/2008/01/25/thought-of-the-day-endurance/#comment-192179 Sat, 26 Jan 2008 01:09:16 +0000 http://foundread.com/?p=468#comment-192179 BTW: we do call him prez jimmy

]]> By: Carleen Hawn http://gigaom.com/2008/01/25/thought-of-the-day-endurance/#comment-192178 Sat, 26 Jan 2008 01:05:18 +0000 http://foundread.com/?p=468#comment-192178 ha! I thought it sounded funny. what can i say, it was like 6 am.
thank you….

]]> By: John Handelaar http://gigaom.com/2008/01/25/thought-of-the-day-endurance/#comment-192186 Sat, 26 Jan 2008 01:01:03 +0000 http://foundread.com/?p=468#comment-192186 Sir Winston. “Sir Churchill” is as wrong as “President Jimmy”.

]]> By: Andrew Scott http://gigaom.com/2008/01/25/thought-of-the-day-endurance/#comment-192185 Fri, 25 Jan 2008 20:46:46 +0000 http://foundread.com/?p=468#comment-192185 sorry, forgot a more than sign – cant see how to edit the 2nd URL – please feel free to correct it! Thanks!

]]> By: Andrew Scott http://gigaom.com/2008/01/25/thought-of-the-day-endurance/#comment-192184 Fri, 25 Jan 2008 20:45:58 +0000 http://foundread.com/?p=468#comment-192184 Regarding good Winston Churchill books; I’ve read a few. I’d highly recommend this book Churchill: A Study in Greatness (also available in paperback) especially in the context of this article – looking at why he achieved and how; not just a detailed overview of what he actually did – it looks at why and the things that drove him.

Also, this is a great and gripping read: Hilter and Churchill: Secrets of Leadership .. a book which I simply couldn’t put down.

]]> By: arh http://gigaom.com/2008/01/25/thought-of-the-day-endurance/#comment-192183 Fri, 25 Jan 2008 20:19:15 +0000 http://foundread.com/?p=468#comment-192183 ***
I think Churchill is one of the most interesting characters in history. I also think we live in an age in which people are not patient enough to experience a seeming failure/defeat, go through the process of learning and then overcome and reach greater heights. Put another way, had Churchill been born at a later time I wonder if his constituency would have allowed him the opportunities to prove himself again and again.

]]> By: Carleen Hawn http://gigaom.com/2008/01/25/thought-of-the-day-endurance/#comment-192182 Fri, 25 Jan 2008 19:13:12 +0000 http://foundread.com/?p=468#comment-192182 a cynic in every crowd! (no one is saying repeat the same mistakes over and over.)

The larger point here, well-articulated in Churchill’s books, is that failure is a subjective state of mind.

Your greatest challenge, a set back or even a seeming defeat can– and should– be viewed instead as an opportunity for your “finest hour.”

]]> By: Peter http://gigaom.com/2008/01/25/thought-of-the-day-endurance/#comment-192181 Fri, 25 Jan 2008 19:04:16 +0000 http://foundread.com/?p=468#comment-192181 Let me rephrase that to “Morons go from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm.”

The thing to do is to learn from your failures as quickly as possible so as to stop the soul destroying trend. If you go from failure to failure for too long it will eventually kill your enthusiasm and confidence leaving you nothing more than a burnt out shell of a man–or woman.

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