Comments on: Woulda ~ Shoulda ~ Coulda?

By: Favorite Blogs of 2009

Favorite Blogs of 2009 — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 05:07:18 +0000

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By: misti

misti — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 17:49:52 +0000

Excellent post and thanks for the reminder.

By: Bill Gellerman

Bill Gellerman — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 01:33:47 +0000

Thanks David. I needed to hear that. I appreciate it, and coming from a David sounds like my dad saying it when I was a kid. Thanks much.

By: Levi

Levi — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 01:20:54 +0000

You’re in my head.

Sometimes I feel like both of those people at the same time.

Well written sir.

By: Jason Grubb

Jason Grubb — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 15:20:15 +0000

I needed to hear this today. Thank you!
Jason

By: Scott Jones

Scott Jones — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 17:16:29 +0000

Yea Baby; tell it like it is.

I am reminded of a time I was at a guitar music camp and I said to an instructor about playing the upright bass, “Boy I wish I could do that” to which he said “You are not dead yet!” in a raised voice so everyone could hear.

Dang, that comment resonated in my head for a whole year until the next camp where I signed up for bass lessons and had a ball.

“you’re not dead yet” has become my wife’s and my phrase to each other when we catch each other whining about coulda, woulda, shoulda.

By: Carlos Jimenez

Carlos Jimenez — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 08:01:58 +0000

Sir, I am ready to call you Master………….

By: mzaidi.com

mzaidi.com — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 22:59:24 +0000

now you can do that

By: Art

Art — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 21:46:42 +0000

If anyone makes it this far down the comments. Once again David, great advice. It reminds me of a saying I repeat to myself often “don’t ‘should’ all over yourself.”

Just started Vision Mongers, and based on just the few pages I have read, I predict it will propbably be the most impactful of the many photo books I have read!

By: anita

anita — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 17:34:06 +0000

As we are the in the midst of planning for the coming year and having just lost a family member, this was an incredibly timely post. Thanks, David.

In his guest blog post for Scott Kelby last week, Bruce DeBoer said that comparing yourself with others is “a trap, there’s no truth found by going there.” That spoke to me in a vivid way, – as an animal should avoid a trap, so should we avoid comparing ourselves with others.