If you step out of a tenth story window you do not break the law of gravity, you confirm it.
Ability is important in our quest for success, but dependability is critical.
Of course motivation is not permanent. But then, neither is bathing; but it is something you should do on a regular basis.
Motivation is like taking a bath; If you stop doing it, you begin to stink!
Your attitude, not your aptitude, will determine your altitude.
The solution is to change from the negative to the positive and one way to do that is to remember that failure is an event - it is not a person. Another way is to understand that your child might make a mistake, but the child is not a mistake