STAGNANT = DEATH
Published on:
Tuesday, February 6, 2024
By Aidan Steinbach
STAGNANT = DEATH
You will not be judged on the number of times you fail, but rather upon the number of times you succeed. Understand that the number of times you succeed will be directly correlated to the number of times you fail.
This is the champion's code. Easy to understand and extremely difficult to apply.
Failures are natural breaks to momentum, which is perhaps one of the strongest predictors of future success. The stagnation between flywheels of positive momentum can be fatal. You can take any number of smaller examples to show this as a maxim for life.
Skydivers, athletes, and racing drivers who wait too long after a serious accident ultimately waste away, or project past failures onto current performance. Stagnation kills their nerves and erodes their potential.
Along the same vein, stagnant pools of water are breeding grounds for bacteria, parasites, and insects. 85% of our brain is water, and like a stream that does not flow, it too will breed parasitic levels of doubt, negativity, and laziness.
Getting bucked off the horse is not the failure, choosing to sit in the dirt is.
"Always push forward. Never be static. Being stagnant = death."
-Slade Cutrer
Former DEVGRU Gold Squadron Operator
