Traumatic Brain Injury and the Illusion of Failure Video Presentation

“When progress becomes the goal, failure becomes the illusion.” Craig J. Phillips MRC, BA

In June 2007 I wrote an article. Last night I offered the article to different social media: Facebook, LinkedIn, and Twitter.

Today, I will create a video presentation of the article for individuals who learn through watching and listening.

To watch and listen to a video presentation click on this link: Traumatic Brain Injury and the Illusion of Failure.

In the event that you would like to read the article, click on this link: Traumatic Brain Injury and the Illusion of Failure

Below is an excerpt from the article.

“When progress becomes the goal, failure becomes the illusion.” Craig J. Phillips MRC, BA

Welcome back to my blog. I am happy you decided to visit with me. After I got home from my workout, I fixed something to eat. While I ate I watched a little television. After doing some channel surfing I was intrigued by one particular program, “Americas Got Talent”.

I watched a series of different performers and listened to 3 different judge’s cast their votes. If the judges said yes, they would move on to the next round. If the judges said no, the performers would not progress to the next round of the competition.

Some of the judges were harsh in their appraisals. During one part of the program, the producers of the show presented a series of vignettes where specific performers were disqualified from the competition. As you might imagine, those who performed to the best of their abilities, were quite disappointed when they were told that they were not good enough to progress to the next round of the competition.

My heart went out to those particular performers. I was sad for them because I could identify with their obvious disappointment. My best efforts were often met with harsh criticism and disapproval. As I have been writing this post a memory has been triggered.

The Memory

This memory typifies my experience throughout much of my life. My 10th grade high school English teacher told me that what I endured from many of my classmates would make most grown men cry. On more occasions than I have time to mention, I have been disregarded, discounted, ostracized, bullied, denigrated, shunned, rejected, ridiculed, laughed at, made fun of, maligned, vilified, slandered, minimized and devalued. I have been the subject of malicious gossip on too many occasions.”

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