It’s literally impossible to build a staircase that goes only<\/span> up. Or only down. <\/p>\n So it is with absolutely<\/span> everything! <\/p>\n The ONLY way we can understand something is by also understanding\/seeing its opposite.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n So it is with you and your current success \/failure. <\/p>\n The end result is you already know what to do to succeed in every case you can see you’re a failure. <\/p>\n When faced with failure, remember you already<\/span> know exactly what to do to succeed and it is<\/span> in you. Let answers come to you from your memory of what you already know the opposite is.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n ————————–<\/p>\n These are related:<\/strong><\/p>\n 3<\/strong> Cumulative Knowledge<\/a> – 7<\/strong> Disaster<\/a> – 21<\/strong> Interpretation<\/a> – 52<\/strong> Correct Decisions<\/a> – 59<\/strong> Hesitation<\/a><\/p>\n 78<\/strong> Process<\/a> – 83<\/strong> Being Wrong<\/a> – 87<\/strong> Barriers<\/a> – 90<\/strong> Good\/Bad<\/a> – 93<\/strong> Heaven & Hell<\/a><\/p>\n 97<\/strong> Variety<\/a> – 100<\/strong> Ransom Notes<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" It’s literally impossible to build a staircase that goes only up. Or only down. It is impossible to construct a street that goes only one way. Oh, you can attach a sign that says one-way travel, but it itself allows both ways. So it is with absolutely everything! How do you know this\u00a0 \/ […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[21,28,40,44],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-110","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-good-bad","7":"category-insight","8":"category-problem-solving","9":"category-success","10":"entry"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mentaldoodle.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/110","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mentaldoodle.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mentaldoodle.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mentaldoodle.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mentaldoodle.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=110"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mentaldoodle.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/110\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mentaldoodle.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=110"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mentaldoodle.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=110"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mentaldoodle.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=110"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nIt is impossible to construct a street that goes only<\/strong> one way.
\nOh, you can attach a sign that says one-way travel, but it itself allows both<\/strong> ways.<\/p>\n
\nHow do you know this\u00a0 <\/em><\/strong>\/<\/em><\/span> is \u2018uphill’ unless you understand it’s also<\/strong> \u2018downhill’.
\nHere, let me take away the \u2018uphill’ part: ___<\/span>
\n<\/strong>Oops! I’ve also taken away downhill at-the-same-time.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n
\nYou can not<\/strong> know success or failure unless you also<\/strong> understand its opposite.
\nTo know you’re failing is<\/span> to know what success is and to see you’re not doing that.
\n(To know success is to know failure and see you’re not<\/strong> doing that!)<\/em><\/p>\n
\nOtherwise you would not be able to identify that you’re a failure. Because failure as compared to what! It’s only uphill or downhill as compared<\/strong> to its opposite.<\/p>\n