Looking backward and forward

How much does it cost being obsessed with looking backward? The price is high for sure. How can you make the price lower? The answer could be by looking forward. The price of looking forward is again high, because you'll be at risk very often. However, I believe looking forward brings new opportunities. It makes you take action and have dream. You'll be hopeful. You'll be proud of your past. You'll apply the experience of your past. You'll inspire people. People will trust your words, because you've experienced your story. They'll listen to your story because it's genuine and tangible. Focus on the front and sometimes, very quickly, look at the rear mirror.

How to beat fear?

By the sense of responsibility. In a dangerous situation you should think you're not alone. You have your family, friends and colleagues behind you. You've been selected by them to fight in the battle.

I don't know, but ...

A good friend advised me to say "I don't know" to the questions that I don't have a clear answer for. And more importantly I should immediately connect the question to my current knowledge and shoot a new question back to my partner in the conversation. Making no question may indicate my lack of interest to the partner's topic.

Example
Question: Do you know anything about vegetable X?
Bad answer: No, I don't know.
Good answer: No, I don't know. Isn't it green like vegetable Y?
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Documents matter

Yesterday, I learned that even though you lose a soccer game, you can make your people happy by your brilliant performance. The game is recorded and maintained. In the future, you can surprise the next generations by playing the game's video.

Is it the same with business? Will failing and losing the market make your share holders and customers happy? Will any document and report represent your efforts, sweat and tears so that the people stay loyal to you and keep up their support?

Iran lost the game to Argentina, 0 - 1, but their performance surprised the world. Well done boys!

Iran vs Nigeria on June 16

Football day. The first game was Germany vs Portugal. I watched the 1st half in my room. The game was so exciting that I decided to watch the 2nd half downstairs in the seminar room where the game was being shown on a big screen. Germany dominated the game and didn't allow Portugal to play well. Germany is always good at the first games but gets in trouble later through reaching the final game. I hope the team will keep up his effort and get the Cup this time. They deserve it. They play professionally. Germany defeated Portugal 4-0 in the end.

Now let's talk about the second game which started one hour later. I.R. Iran vs Nigeria. The Iranian players were all handsome with pretty haircuts. At the same time I was checking my Twitter to see the recent tweets sent by Negar Mortazavi, a journalist, who was at the stadium. She was sending awesome pictures from the Iranian fans.

I believe Iran's main purpose was to get a draw from this game and he did it successfully. From the minute 1 till the minute 90, Iran was only defending. If you count the number of correct passes that Iranians made, it can hardly reach to 20 in the whole game. Whenever they got the ball, they shot it carelessly to the center. Hopefully, they'll fix their mistakes for the following harder games.

Anyways, the game ended 0-0 draw, one of the most boring games of this World Cup so far. The Iran team members seemed to be happy with the result as the game finished.

Championship

Yesterday, I watched a program that featured an interview with Carlos Queiroz, the current coach of the Iran national soccer team. His talk was very wise and I found him a smart guy. He thinks big. This is what Iranian players should learn. In a part of his speech he talked about Argentina. He said they'd been a champion in the World Cup for two times. This mood of championship makes them think big. It makes them expect another victory, because they've already made many big victories.

At some point of your life you should touch the edge. The edge can be the highest level of science, art and sport. After that, you'll know your value and never go back to the losers community. Instead, you'll think big and go forward stronger than before.

How much should we get help from others?

How much should I be independent? How much should I get help from others? Is it ok, if I don't call the person who helped me once to solve a problem until I find a solution for the problem?
In most of the cases, I get help from someone and then leave the guy until I find a solution for the problem. I may go forward alone or with someone else, but I usually don't make any contact with the guy who helped me first. My reason is that I won't call him until I succeed then I'll share with him my happiness.
One issue may arise here. The guy may get annoyed and sad because I haven't had any contact with him for a long time and he thinks I've already been successful and I've forgotten him.
NO!!!! I'm not such a person who forgets the people who help him. I'm grateful.