{"database": "pelican", "table": "content", "rows": [["ryan", "musings", "One of my goals for 2017 has been to read more. According to\n[Pocket](https://www.getpocket.com) I have been in the top 1% of 'pockters' in\nboth 2015 and 2016, but even if that's true (and I'm not entirely convinced it\nisn't just marketing **stuff** ) what I'm reading are web articles, some long\nform, but mostly short form articles.\n\nThis isn't the kind of reading I want to focus on in 2017. I've got a list of\n(mostly) science fiction books I'm planning on reading this year.\n\nI'm also listening to audio books through [Audible](https://www.audible.com)\nduring my commute to work. Those books are a little more varied in their\ncontent so far, and exclusively non-fiction.\n\nBut why does this matter? As I\n[do](https://www.ryancheley.com/blog/2017/1/26/struggle-determines-success) I\nwas reading an article on [Isaac\nAsimov](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isaac_Asimovs) entitled [Isaac Asimov:\nHow to Never Run Out of Ideas Again \u2013 Personal Growth \u2013\nMedium](https://medium.com/personal-growth/isaac-asimov-how-to-never-run-out-\nof-ideas-again-b7bf8e09cc91#.tbua3lk49).\n\nFrom the article 4 points really struck me:\n\n  * Read widely. Follow your curiosity. Never stop investing in yourself.\n  * Diversity is insurance of the mind.\n  * We fail. We struggle. And that is why we succeed.\n  * After all, never having ideas means never having to fail.\n\nAlthough I had planned on reading more **before** having read the article,\nafter reading it I'm even more dedicated to making sure I read as much as I\ncan this year.\n\nThe last 2 points are also something I've been trying to work on. One of the\nreasons for this site is so I can showcase the ways in which I _fail_ and what\nI am able to learn from those 'failures'.\n\nThe ideas that failure and struggle lead directly to success is something I'd\nnever really connected, but I can see the connection between them now.\n\nI like the idea that Isaac Asimov failed at things, but that they didn't\nprevent him from accomplishing those (and other) things.\n\nThis article really helped crystallize an idea that I've had a hard time\nputting into words ...\n\n> > Failing only happens when you don't try. Trying to do a thing and not\n> achieving that thing is not failing, it's simply a different result than you\n> expected. The success is in the trying.\n\nI don't know if these are the _best_ words, but as I'm learning, the success\nis in the trying, not in the perfection of the result.\n\n", "2017-01-28", "success-through-failure", "One of my goals for 2017 has been to read more. According to\n[Pocket](https://www.getpocket.com) I have been in the top 1% of 'pockters' in\nboth 2015 and 2016, but even if that's true (and I'm not entirely convinced it\nisn't just marketing **stuff** ) what I'm reading are web articles, some \u2026\n\n", "Success through failure", "https://www.ryancheley.com/2017/01/28/success-through-failure/"]], "columns": ["author", "category", "content", "published_date", "slug", "summary", "title", "url"], "primary_keys": ["slug"], "primary_key_values": ["success-through-failure"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.654909759759903}