Veteran lawyer Jerry Taylor shares four principles he's resolved never to repeat: living in fear, caring what others think, avoiding accountability, and dwelling on past mistakes. He learned to swim, pilot planes, and perform publicly to confront his phobias. Taking responsibility, he says, builds genuine relationships.
After 30+ years as a lawyer and many more than that as a human being, here are some things I've learned about life that I will not be doing again. First thing I'll never do again is live in fear. As a young boy, I was pretty fearful of a lot of things, but one day I figured out that shrinking from fear never helps. I was scared to death of the water, so I learned to swim. A strong fear of heights, so I learned to fly an airplane. I had a terrible fear of getting up in front of others, so I became a singer, a courtroom lawyer, a public speaker, and an actor. Second thing I won't be doing is caring what people think. When I was constantly worried about what other people thought, then one day I realized they weren't thinking about me at all. Since that day, I haven't cared a lick about what other people think about me. Next would be blaming others. Things that have happened in my life are most likely a result of my own actions, and playing the victim is not going to make friends. And besides, chicks don't dig it. And last, worrying about my mistakes and living in the past. I've always told myself if I could have done better, I would have. I just don't like living in the past. I don't even like class reunions.
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