How Michael Jordan Embodies The Words Of Aristotle
In this blog, I discuss how the legendary Michael Jordan is a living embodiment of Aristotle's philosophy.
At first, you probably read this and think “How do Michael Jordan and Aristotle even come up in the same sentence?”. Once you read this blog, you will see exactly how.
Aristotle has a philosophy that speaks true to, I would imagine, nearly everybody! His famous philosophy is as follows:
“The roots of education are bitter, but the fruit it sweet”
Now how does Michael Jordan embody this? Michael Jordan is known for being one of the greatest, if not the greatest NBA player of all time. However, Michael Jordan himself once said:
“I have missed more than 9,000 shots in my career. I have lost almost 300 games. On 26 occasions I have been entrusted to take the game winning shot, and I missed. I have failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed.”
Michael Jordan’s education came through the form of failure. Multiple shots missed, losing multiple games, missing the game winning shot and even being cut from his high school basketball team. However it was through all these failures that he learnt what he needed to do in order to succeed. The fruit was ultimately sweet after the bitterness of his education.
This philosophy of Aristotle’s and Michael Jordan’s dedication should teach you something about failure. It should teach you to utilise your failures for something positive. Instead of being deterred so easily by having something not go your way, use it, learn from it and try again!
Aristotle’s philosophy tells us that even hundreds and thousands of years ago, the path to success has never changed. You will experience failure but with the correct mindset, you can use that failure as a learning experience to succeed. This is how Michael Jordan embodies Aristotle’s philosophy.
This philosophy definitely applies to me also. I always try to find the positives in the most negative situations. I am nowhere near a success yet, but I am confident I have used my failures to put me onto a better path. A path that is bearing more and more fruit each day.
I hope that upon reading this, you will adopt a better mentality when it comes to dealing with your failures.
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