24 Sep Having a “Plan B” Isn’t Enough: Four Strategies to Achieve Long-term Success
Want to achieve long-term success? it might serve you to take the time to develop a ‘Plan C,’ a ‘Plan D’ and...
04 Dec Insight into Fear of Failure
Posted at 16:24h in James Mapes Blog
“Failure is, in a sense, the highway to success, inasmuch as every discovery of what is false leads us to seek earnestly after what is true.” —JOHN KEATS, English poet Many year ago, while working on the film Star Trek VI:...
21 Oct THE ILLUSION OF FAILURE
Posted at 00:58h in James Mapes Blog
Failure is the one fear that always puts the brakes on creativity, innovation, risk taking, growth, and productivity, yet most of us have been programmed from our earliest years to be afraid of failure. The person who ...
08 Jan My Top Secret Tips for Achieving Successful Resolutions and Goals
Posted at 14:38h in James Mapes Blog
First, let’s get some facts straight. Research shows that more than 80% of us fail at keeping our New Year’s resolutions because we unconsciously set ourselves up for failure. One of the main reasons is, without awareness, we focus on the downside of not achieving...