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It really depends upon the importance of completing the task.
a. give up
b. find a different approach
c. ask for help
d. keep trying

I have been trying to walk across the room on my hands for years and have not managed it yet. I may give up trying soon as I am now 51.

We all need an Impossible Dream though

2006-09-10 23:40:35 · answer #1 · answered by Amanda K 7 · 0 0

I think it depends on what is it and how much you want it and also how realistic your acheiving it is. Many people waste a lot of time and emotions trying to achieve things that are unattainable and end up feeling frustrated and depressed when they do not. On the other hand many people may want something so bad and try so hard to get it and even when they continuosly fail, they do not give up. When they finally acheive it the reward is soo much better. I think you need to develop the frame of mind of 'accepting the things you cannot change, try change the things you can, and most importantly knowing the difference between those two things so that u do not waste your energy trying for something that is just NEVER going to happen.

Good Luck!!

2006-09-07 22:24:53 · answer #2 · answered by Sherona B 4 · 1 0

it depends on the circumstances, you need to sit down and have a good think about your own motivations for trying at this goal. Could you be getting a little obsessive about this? Is this truely an achievable goal?

It could be that you pick a hard task on purpose to confirm a belief that you are a failure, this way at least you are right and thus do not need to to try and get your hopes up, a way of dealing with rejection.

You need to win some as well, I would suggest you pick an easier goal which will give you a challeng but at which you know you can succeed at.

2006-09-08 06:02:52 · answer #3 · answered by Dirk Wellington-Catt 3 · 0 0

"It is not the critic who counts: not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles or where the doer of deeds could have done better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly, who errs and comes up short again and again, because there is no effort without error or shortcoming, but who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions, who spends himself for a worthy cause; who, at the best, knows, in the end, the triumph of high achievement, and who, at the worst, if he fails, at least he fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who knew neither victory nor defeat."
Theodore Roosevelt
"Citizenship in a Republic,"
Speech at the Sorbonne, Paris, April 23, 1910

2006-09-07 22:22:01 · answer #4 · answered by ed 7 · 1 0

I suggest trying a different approach, failing that stop trying, I usually find that that as soon as you stop concentrating so hard on something opportunities will arise from an unexpected source!

2006-09-07 22:26:38 · answer #5 · answered by Cat H 2 · 0 0

Know the saying goes try and try till you succeed, but think life is too short for that - just move on and find something you can do better and be happy with. Best of luck

2006-09-07 22:37:53 · answer #6 · answered by flowerpower 2 · 0 0

it depends what your aiming for eg.your driving test keep going.
i failed mine 3 times but past on the forth.if its something to do with a relationship if you've tryd n feel u cant try any more give up n let it come to you,if its something to do with the working side of things like tryn to find a job don't give up have faith in yourself and everything will turn out fine.

2006-09-07 22:20:58 · answer #7 · answered by jnn_sanderson 1 · 0 0

Do what your gut instinct tells you to do. Maybe you see it as a challenge, or maybe you decide to rest then try again, or maybe you decide that it wasnt that important to you in the first place. At the back of your mind you know the right answer for yourself

2006-09-11 13:21:43 · answer #8 · answered by pobblethecat 1 · 0 0

Lower your sights and try something easier, working up to the more difficult thing. Alternatively go postal and take out your fustrations on your work colleagues/friends/family.

2006-09-07 22:21:52 · answer #9 · answered by hastetothewedding 2 · 0 0

Step back. Take a deep breath. Focus on what is going wrong. Try another approach.

2006-09-07 22:23:09 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

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