How to get into Second Life without really trying

Selby Evans is Thinkerer Melville in Second Life

Routine?  There is a bounce-back routine?  We were hoping it wouldn’t have to be a routine.  Oh, sure.  It’s better than just lying there after you’ve been knocked over by life, fate, or the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune.  But after you bounce-back a couple of times, don’t you get to live happily ever after?

My tooth fairy said I could.

Well, just in case you tooth fairy is wrong, we’ve provided some steps you can take to work up the routine.   

And yes.  We have tried them. 
Or you wouldn't be reading this.

Bounce-Back Slogans and Tips

I might fail.

Check your strengths

Adaptable
Aikido
Resilient
Problem-Solver
Resourceful
Strength from Adversity

You can practice the bounce-back routine in an online virtual environment, where the falls are mostly virtual:
How to get into Second Life without really trying

The Head Office

Canter:  Nothing to be done.
Networker:  Don't expect the rest of the Head Team to come round to that opinion.
Hunter:  You'll never hear it from the Hunters.  
Engineer:  Nor from the Engineers.
Un:  The Uns might go along for a bit.  First the conclusion, then the analysis.  It will stimulate the Vulcans.
Vulcan:  We prefer to analyze first.  It makes for more useful conclusions.  
Un:  Besides, it is difficult to do nothing.  
Vulcan:  Logically it is impossible to do nothing.  
Storyboarder:  Even crouching motionless under a bush is doing something.
Vulcan:  It is a matter of choice.  
Canter:  You can't choose if the situation is hopeless.  
Vulcan:  Situations do not have hope.  People have hope.
Empath:  You can't choose if you are hopeless.  
Un:  You can't be hopeless if you can choose.
Vulcan:  But you can choose to be hopeless.
Un:  Or hopeful.  
Canter:  You can't choose if you don't know what to do.
Explorer:  You can choose to explore your options.
Engineer:  You can choose to take stock of your resources.
Un:  You can choose to look for possibilities.  
Vulcan:  You can choose to understand the situation.  
Engineer:  Over on the right, we listed some things people could mull about.
Vulcan:  If they choose.

Lessons Learned

How was your plan? Plan Clipit

Did you miss a cue?  Memory

What long term goals depend on this problem?  Goals

Do you want more ideas.
Idea Clipit
Semi-Structured Brainstorming

Do you need to shoot some troubles?
Troubleshoot Clipit

Have you checked your resources? 
Your skill set

If anything is worth doing...

Effective Screw-Ups

The road through failure.