What would you try if you knew you could not fail?

[KSUViolet06]

I was asked this the other day and wanted to know what some of you would try if you knew you could not fail?

[cheerfulgreek]

I would try bunji cord jumping. It looks fun. I was going to try it at the state fair once, but when it became my turn to do it, they gave me a form to sign. Concrete, bunji cord jumping and a signed form to me just don't mix. I decided not to. But yeah, it would be bunji cord jumping.

[KSUViolet06]

I would open my own bridal boutique or pursue a wedding planning career.

[cheerfulgreek]

Originally Posted by KSUViolet06

I would open my own bridal boutique or pursue a wedding planning career.

Were you talking about careers or just anything?

[KSUViolet06]

Originally Posted by cheerfulgreek

Were you talking about careers or just anything?

Really anything, that's just something that comes to mind for me.

[AKA_Monet]

Well aside from asking the question of "what is failure"? The one thing I would pursue if I knew I would not fail is entertainment industry--i.e. producing and directing...

[tld221]

i'd say failure, in the sense of "if i did this, it would work out successfully and how i want it."

what would i do? lots of things. some as simple as jump into a pool off a diving board (im really scared of heights, and really being suspended in air) and other things like open a restaurant, drag race, diet, become a motivational speaker, build my own house, invent the cure for AIDS...

its endless possibilities at 2am.

[AGDee]

Buy a lottery ticket <grin>

Seriously though.. there are also several things I would do. I would write a book. I would sky dive. I would start my own business, probably a cookie shop. I would find a cure for Crohn's Disease. Yes, endless possibilities!

[catiebug]

I would be with him again.

[AKA_Monet]

Originally Posted by tld221

i'd say failure, in the sense of "if i did this, it would work out successfully and how i want it."

I have to be honest--I have never failed at anything I felt strongly about doing... Things that I have put all my mind and energy into, I have succeeded...

The things I have not done well on are things that have not interested me. If I could pick them back up, oneday and say--I want to do it--would I fail? Well, the way I see it now is my life path is to go in a direction of greater harmony for my own inner peace so that I can be an asset to this world... So, say I want to be a "nuclear physicist"--my reasons for wanting to be that are less than honorable and are diametrically opposed to that self-determination that my life is destined to go. Why try to separate things, than fusing them together?

The other things I do not like to do are things related to economy and business--I don't like those things, I hate learning them and I would fail if given a test for them. I admire folks who do pursue these things, there are some discussions we have and if a child I knew wanted to pursue this area, I would help them get there. But as for me--no...

Plus, I think the ONLY failure folks have in life, in general, is when they fail to act on their dreams...

[tld221]

Originally Posted by kstar

This always makes me laugh when people don't specify things. First off, what cancer? Rat cancer? Dog cancer? Human cancer? Once you specify species, you need to specify which type: melanomas? pancreatic? lung? brain? myomas? lymphomas? cervical? What if you cured one that already had a cure? Second, what if you found a cure that caused something else, or a cure with a high death rate?

well cancer, and clearly this is me oversimplifying, is caused by the abnormalities and transformations of cells, growing/duplicating faster, or in a way than they should. someone who is medically versed can answer this better, but i would think while there may not be a one-cure-fits-all fix, different types of cancer have common traits so their cures would be related.

and why specify? if icelandicelf had said "find a cure for breast cancer," one could easily argue, "well why not lung cancer? or skincancer?" what determines which cancer one would want to find a cure for? who ranks which is worth finding a cure for more?

(see how im nitpicking? yeah, thats kinda what youre doing.)

[AOII Angel]

Originally Posted by tld221

well cancer, and clearly this is me oversimplifying, is caused by the abnormalities and transformations of cells, growing/duplicating faster, or in a way than they should. someone who is medically versed can answer this better, but i would think while there may not be a one-cure-fits-all fix, different types of cancer have common traits so their cures would be related.

and why specify? if icelandicelf had said "find a cure for breast cancer," one could easily argue, "well why not lung cancer? or skincancer?" what determines which cancer one would want to find a cure for? who ranks which is worth finding a cure for more?

(see how im nitpicking? yeah, thats kinda what youre doing.)

Good try...but nope! Unfortunately all cancers are different, and even cancers of the same type behave differently so no one cure works for everyone. But, since we are being hypothetical, I think leaving it to a cure for all cancers is fine! No need to specify when it's make believe anyway!

As for me, I'd move to Europe for a few years and live off of telerad. I'd come back in a couple years and get a real job in the states again.

[AOII4ME]

Implement laws to govern the breeding of animals. ' Breeders' would have to meet required levels of knowledge, competency, ethics.

[Buttonz]

Originally Posted by AOII4ME

Implement laws to govern the breeding of animals. ' Breeders' would have to meet required levels of knowledge, competency, ethics.

Second. Along with this..I'd bungee jump. I tried it in New Zealand, was on the edge twice and couldn't jump.

[Benzgirl]

Quit my job