The Fear Of Failure

[@robmay3163]

Welcome back. Good to see you again. I have always found you to be an insightful, well-spoken young man. Your thoughts on striving, possible failures, and understanding the opportunity to be able to use life's potholes as a chance to better learn how not to do things are spot on!

[@ellisewarner]

The filming is on point! I love the different techniques and placements, it’s really cool, I don’t know how else to explain it 😂

[@opera1dan2]

You look chilled and relaxed so your methods are working. Also your arms look good to me! Stay healthy and happy x

[@Clay_Futrelle]

Always lovely to see that you've posted and getting to see/hear your outlook on life and what you're up to!

[@BobI-jb4rk]

It takes courage and balls to face your failures and fears square on. Great to see you so excited for the future!

[@GaiusThompson]

Thanks man 🤟🏼

[@JoelPirrone]

I am happy to hear your vbloging again! I came to enjoy them so much before your hiatus, they definitely helped me out of a slump I had been going through. Enjoy hearing about you and your thoughts of life. Continue to doing you and bring us along if you want - at the end of the day, I just want you happy.

[@EG-wv3jp]

Since '74, I've been either memorizing, rehearsing, or performing in theatre, primarily musical theatre, while sustaining a 40 year career in Child Therapy. The chances for failure are daily, if not hourly, and often the greatest bits of inspiration, improvisation, or sheer entertainment, are borne out of accidents, screwups, misjudgments, or sheer bungling. While it is often nerve-wracking, had I let myself step away for fear of (the inevitable) screwing up, I might have shifted professions long ago. Your tenacity and energy saw you though admittedly difficult periods but you seem to have emerged all the better for it and remain inspirational and centered. PS. Looking over your older videos, I'm checking out that Iceland itinerary you posted, All the best...

[@GaiusThompson]

Thank you for all this info! For sure there are so many ground breaking moments from things not Goh going according to plan! Glad you liked the video and thank you for watching and commenting, means a lot!

[@chrisheaword834]

Difficult topic handled sympathetically mate, well done and presented beautifully 🙌🏼👏📹 ……. and your looking so chill

[@GaiusThompson]

Thank you! Tried my best haha

[@michaellieblein452]

Looking great, you seem to be more at ease. Nice and bubbly in the the beginning. 😊keep moving forward.

[@okiegrad2007]

Truly an incredible, amazing young man who inspires all of us every time we see you. Thanks for being so open and honest. You won’t know how many people you may be touching with your openness.

[@johanath]

Great to see you posting again, Jay. It is a constant reminder to us, that in life, one can look at things from different perspectives. In the bigger scheme of things, trial and error is an integral step towards getting better at what we do. Clearly you care for what you do, which is great, but as someone who constantly strides for better outcomes and performance daily (I work as a doctor), I have also learnt that it is important to be kind to others and also to ourselves. Self-flagellation is often not conducive to better performance, and in the extremes, can lead to detrimental outcomes. Life is a constant journey, and as you say; do remember to enjoy life always. God bless. 🙏

[@jonathanmachado8133]

I loved this perspective of learning through failure of different ways of not doing something...which in turn can open up new ways of creatively doing something we would have never considered. 👌

[@GaiusThompson]

Exactly! Just because it didn’t work for someone else doesn’t mean it won’t work for you

[@timooravainen2283]

Good to see you again! 👍

[@GaiusThompson]

Hey, thanks!

[@seang2012]

Jay is so wise. and cool. and his hair is on point.

[@GaiusThompson]

Thanks 😂

[@chansetwo]

When I was younger, I struggled with fear of failure. But as time went on and I experience many challenges, I learned my capabilities. I learned my strengths and weaknesses. So, I know what I'm capable of and what to expect from myself. So, I no longer have that fear. This can be quite an asset in life. I recently had a manager who was very inexperienced in our field and in management. She tried to intimidate me and make me believe that I was under-performing. However, because I've been in this line of work very successfully for over 20 years and I know how my abilities stack up to others in the field, those tactics were like water off a ducks back. Instead of being intimidated, I pointed out to her that she in fact was the problem and exactly why. I then resigned and now work for a great company with great management. If I had been an inexperienced 20 year old, her attempts at intimidation may have actually worked. It pays to know yourself. But I think that mainly comes from experience.

[@GaiusThompson]

Good for you in trusting what you know and for honouring yourself!

[@chansetwo]

@@GaiusThompson Thanks, brother.

[@RamssesPharaoh]

Thanks Gaius, I've learned that allowing myself to be excited despite the bumps on the road that we call failures or storms. It helps me figure things out from a better state. Fantastic video. Thank you for sharing. It's great to see you be you!

[@GaiusThompson]

Thanks for watching! And thanks for the perspective on your side!

[@ev007-m8p]

Great to see you back! Good point, there’s no learning and improvement without failure. I can’t believe gymnastics is such a toxic environment

[@GaiusThompson]

Absolutely! Yeah it’s had some improvements but not a huge amount 😂

[@JustBob-sw4rf]

@@GaiusThompsonGymnastics is such a hard and dangerous sport that the people still doing it in their late teens and young adulthood are almost all doing it for very serious competitive reasons, not recreationally. You don’t see casual people doing gymnastics for fun. Whereas, you do see lots of people in that age group playing basketball, tennis, swimming, running, etc. recreationally. And those people aren’t being very pushed because getting ever better isn’t the main thing, having a good time is. However, if you look at the seriously competitive development and professional leagues in all those other sports, I bet it’s just as bad as gymnastics. Development coaches everywhere often push kids to harmful levels because they’ll eventually lose their jobs, if their team doesn’t win. A coach that’s more concerned about the personal development of his students, if that’s at the expense of winning, isn’t going to be employed for very long in most circumstances.

[@ashelliot3189]

Also oddly enjoyable. I cannot stand ‘reality TV’ but somehow vlog is something different. Thanks for your words on failure.

[@KatCrit]

I am ADHD-ing by watching this…so I feel ya

[@GaiusThompson]

Yeah buddy!

[@JustBob-sw4rf]

Good to see you vlogging again. Sorry for the slow response. I think there’s an old saying along the lines of - the only people who don’t fail are people who aren’t pushing themselves to do better, or to try new things. As you said that’s just how the world works. Also, as you point out, the key thing is that you learn from those failures. If I were an ex-gymnast and found myself getting nervous going into a regular job I’d tell myself the following: “Everyday for years I risked very serious injury doing gymnastics. Compared to that, the dangers here are peanuts.”

[@jmnewman1130]

Good morning.

[@GaiusThompson]

Morning!

[@jmnewman1130]

You are a breath of fresh air to me. You have succeeded already in my book. You should not be afraid of failure. You're amazing.

[@GaiusThompson]

Thanks man, really appreciate that 🤟🏼

[@patrickgallagher3513]

Thanks for being you Jay. More importantly, thanks for sharing.

[@GaiusThompson]

Thanks for watching!

[@cosmus3]

I remember your videos about your gymnastic routine. Have you stopped at all? Like FOR REAL? Never practiced again?

[@GaiusThompson]

@@cosmus3 I haven’t competed since 2019!

[@linkdandyparanormalnetwork]

👍🏻

[@GaiusThompson]

🤟🏼🤟🏼🤟🏼