My son-in-law, Rick Woodhouse, and daughter Lori, lent me on June 13, 2015, a pamphlet, “YOU 2” written by Price Pritchett. I am recovering from depression and they were realizing that I needed therapy of a positive nature, to have me continue to a save recovery from this dehabilitating conditions.

You 2 is a high-velocity formula for multiplying your personal effectiveness in Quantum Leaps.

Probably, the largest contributer to my condition was the result of the stoppage in completing the seniors housing project, Grandview, at Castlegar, B.C. In my role as Project Manager, I felt that not being able to complete Chateau Grandview, the campus style complex was a direct reflection on my personal limitation. I realize now that, the contributing elements were beyond my control.

This excerpt from You 2, page 25, is worthy to quote as follows:

“……Seek failure……

Quantum leaps demand a willingness to make mistakes.

You cannot leap up to a safe zone of behavior where you have beaten the odds of failing. An unwillingness to encounter defeat or run into problems outlaws quantum leaps. Unless you allow yourself to make mistakes, to fail, you will never have the opportunity to set limits of what you truly are capable of accomplishing.

You must realize that if you’re experiencing no difficulties, problems, or pain, you probably have aimed too low. You leveled off your growth and achievement. You probably are far from reaching your limits.
So think of problems or pain or slippage in performance as a positive sign. A performance lag ordinarily occurs at the very outset when you are making a quantum leap. It’s the pause during which you poise for the jump, the temporary loss of momentum that occurs in the process of “changing gears”.

You deliberately destabilize yourself when you break out the habit patterns that represent the status quo. You create some inner chaos for yourself. So be prepared for the possibility of confusion, anxiety, and failure. That’s part of opening yourself up to new methodology that has the potential to deliver exponential performance gains.

So often in life, it seems things first get worse on the way toward getting better. Be prepared for that sort of development. Problems belong in the process. They are part of the equation that produces you2. They are not proof that your ambitions are futile or that you should give up.

As someone has said, “Everything looks like failure in the middle.” You can’t bake a cake without getting the kitchen messy. Halfway through surgery it looks like there’s ben a murder in the operating room. If you send a rocket toward the moon, about ninety percent of the time it is off course – it “fails” its way to the moon by continually making mistakes and correcting them.

At the outset you may feel high because going for the quantum leap is heady stuff. But then the hard reality of “problems” may slap you in the face. Progress often masquerade3s as trouble.

It’s easy to lose faith, because other people may withdraw their support and be critical of your efforts. That, plus your own anxieties and uncertainties, can tempt you to turn on yourself.

This is then crucial point in the process – don’t give up! Failure belongs here. It’s a sign of progress!

The stress will seduce you toward retreat to the “safety” of the status quo, the trap of familiar. Just remember this. Failure does not mean you’re defeated.

Actually, the struggle gives you strength. It’s like tempering the steel, or the soreness involved in developing muscle. The difficulties are just evidence that you’re learning and progressing.

So go looking for failure….and the use it. Don’t interpret problems or breakdowns as proof that yu should quit, but instead take them as evidence of your growth and improvement.

Failure is a resource. It helps you find an edge of your capacities……”

I am taking this article as a thrust for me to9 go forward and complete what has been started.

Written on January 21, 2016 in my Office at 145 – 4200 Grandview Drive, Castlegar, B.C. 1030 hours by Elmer Verigin, and quoted from a pamphlet YOU2 by Price Pritchett