Friday Wisdom – Success

“If at first you do succeed, try not to look astonished.”

Not sure where I first heard this one, but I like it and often use it at work. In the tech world things rarely go right the first time you try something, so the trick to looking like a pro is have an attitude like, “Of course it worked, it was me doing the work.”

More wisdom next week,

Andrew

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About Andrew Reynolds

Born in California Did the school thing studying electronics, computers, release engineering and literary criticism. I worked in the high tech world doing software release engineering and am now retired. Then I got prostate cancer. Now I am a blogger and work in my wood shop doing scroll saw work and marquetry.
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24 Responses to Friday Wisdom – Success

  1. An inspired post. I’ll surely remember your words. 🙂
    Here’s hoping you’ll check out my blog too sometime soon. 🙂

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  2. artseafartsea's avatar artseafartsea says:

    Great saying!

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  3. Haha! That’s a great one!

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  4. G. J. Jolly's avatar Glynis Jolly says:

    I’m always so stunned when I accomplish anything that I have any sort of passion for. I never expect to succeed at these activities. I feel so peculiar about it too because I’m an offspring of parents who always expected to succeed.

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  5. PiedType's avatar PiedType says:

    Thanks for my chuckle of the day!

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  6. jfwknifton's avatar jfwknifton says:

    Excellent. I will try to remember that one.

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  7. Another great one! I’m using this.

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  8. chaos48's avatar Allan G. Smorra says:

    A very handy suggestion, Andrew.
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  9. Gee, I’ve never had to try that tip. But there’s still time.

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  10. Carrie's avatar Carrie Rubin says:

    There is immense satisfaction in having something go right the first time around, especially in the tech world. Too bad it happens so rarely!

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  11. I love it! 🙂

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