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Ever made a mistake?
I have.
About ten million of them.
Mistakes are often both bad and good. Make a mistake, feel the pain. Make a mistake, learn something.
Let me give you one example. In 2024 I wanted to become famous as a writer. It didn’t happen. Somewhere along this journey I made a mistake preventing me from attaining this goal.
The positive side of this is I’m still chasing fame with a fire in my stomach that burns like fried bacon on a skillet.
This gets more complicated. If I had become famous, I know that would have been, in one sense, a mistake because fame won’t bring me happiness. But I would like to buy a beach house so the money that comes with fame would be as sweet as honey. Mistakes show us how complicated life is, how unpredictable things are, how pain is a primary part of life.
Mistakes are ubiquitous. Doctors make mistakes. Writers make mistakes. There are mistakes of omission and commission. There are serious mistakes and minor mistakes.
It’s a mistake to keep writing about mistakes in the abstract. It’s time to focus on the real-world mistakes I don’t want to make this year that everyone should also aspire to avoid. These stand out:
One: Don’t listen to anyone. It’s a mistake. Do what pleases you. You can’t please others because you don’t know what pleases them.
Two: Don’t avoid doctors. As painful as it is to go there and have them tell you all that’s wrong with you – and they will find things – just go. The consequences of not going are too enormous. For instance, you might get sick and not be able to read these blogs anymore and that would be the worst thing that could happen to anyone.
Three: Don’t read any other blogs other than this one. The others spew nonsense. This one shoots straight.
Four: Stop watching the NBA, PGA, LIV Golf, NFL, MLB, and college football. It’s all boring. It’s all gambling. It’s all about drinking booze to forget your troubles. If you don’t watch any of this in 2025, I guarantee a year from now you’ll feel better and be more enriched. You’ll have an epiphany that life enthralls in so many ways beyond the obvious, beyond watching sports.
Five: Check out from all things related to Wake Forest sports. They lose too much. Disappointment is a guarantee. Being an avid sports fan of one team isn’t a long-term investment in your well-being. Read more. See more friends in person. The only thing that is an exception to this is if the Redskins are in the playoffs because that’s more important than your job, your health, and what happens after you die.
Six: Don’t avoid generative AI tools such as ChatGPT. Get ahead. Try out Meta’s Llama and Microsoft’s Copilot. This is about survival. Use them for an hour every day even if you don’t need them in your job now. Eventually – and soon – you will. Those who can use these tools in their jobs to bring value to their organizations will be much more insulated from the workforce tumult coming our way.
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Sammy Sportface, a sports blogger, galvanizes, inspires, and amuses The Baby Boomer Brotherhood. And you can learn about his vision and join this group's Facebook page here:
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