Nobody who gets too damned relaxed builds up much flying time.
Interpretation
Success requires effort and dedication; becoming complacent can hinder progress.
Ernest K. Gann's quote emphasizes the importance of diligence and constant effort in achieving success. It suggests that becoming too comfortable or relaxed can lead to stagnation, hindering one's growth and development, particularly in skills that require practice and persistence. The metaphor of building 'flying time' illustrates that one must actively engage and push oneself to reach new heights in any endeavor.
In practice
This quote could be used in a motivational speech for young entrepreneurs.
The men in this book are fictitious characters but their counterparts can be found in cockpits all over the world. Now they are flying a war. Tomorrow they will be flying a peace, for, regardless of the world's condition, flying is their life.
This is my journey. If I fall, I have to pick myself up. If I'm not getting the playing time I want, it's up to me to figure out why.
I release any feelings of competition or comparison. I simply do my best and enjoy being me.
A bright future beckons. The onus is on us, through hard work, honesty and integrity, to reach for the stars.
Whatever you habitually think yourself to be, that you are. You must form, now, a greater and better habit; you must form a conception of yourself as a being of limitless power, and habitually think that you are that being. It is the habitual, not the periodical thought that decides your destiny.
Been working and working But I still got so terribly far to go.
The greatest danger for most of us is not that our aim is too high and we miss it, but that it is too low and we reach it.
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