Dealing with Failure
Failure is a success if we learn from it. — Malcolm Forbes
What’s your biggest failure. Interesting, We could not come up with just one. We believe one of our biggest reasons for success is that We fail more often than most people. It goes with our “Fail often, fail fast, fail cheap”. It goes with “you only fail
from not trying – not from trying”. And having a failure, does not make you a failure.
Important, do We learn enough from them? I am not sure. It is an interesting thought because we consider ourself to be a constant learner who is capable of changing and adapting. Of course true, being able to learn from others’ mistakes.
Part of what allows us to have many failures is, We tend not to dwell on them. What happened, happened. It was a mistake or a failure – move on. So what We need to learn is how to learn from our failures and at the same time keep us “move on” attitude.
Ideafox ,
Here is an idea.
To put in “captain’s” style , ” I hate the word failure”.
There is no such thing called failure. It is just some obstacles to reach our goals or dream , whatever it may be. If we can think “Life like a video game ” and all the so called “failures” becoms the various “obstacles” on our path in each level of the game. If you really..really… want to win the game you will play again and again till you get to win or cross the final level.
Yes , life has lot of levels and that too different perspectives at every level. Friends, family, finance, fitness and faith.
Thank you …fox….good post….
By: jaiz on March 19, 2008
at 5:39 pm