How Do You View Failure?

Do you view failure as a person? Do you view yourself as a failure? Do think it is horrible to fail? Do you think it is great to fail? What is the first thing you think of when you think failure? The first thing that comes to my mind is down and out. I have now been educated on failure and I have changed my mind. When I think of failure now I think immediately of success. It is not because success if the so called opposite of failure no, instead it is because if you want to be successful you have to fail. You have to welcome failure if you want to be successful. I once heard the most successful person in the room say, “the only reason I am where I am today and you are not in my spot instead is that I have failed more times than you. When you decide you are going to change the way your look at failure, you will have made that first step to success.

Failure without observation and study is catastrophic. When you observe why you have failure and study why what you tried did not work, then you will have the knowledge not to make the same mistake. I am sure you have heard Thomas Edison’s quote when asked about failure. He said, “I have not failed I have simply found out 10,000 ways it didn’t work. When you are afraid to failure you hinder yourself from succeeding. I read from Larry Winters “when you believe success is the result of perfection, you become cautious and calculating. You are constantly looking over your shoulder and filled with anxiety. Every move you make is controlled and organized—so much so that you cant be the real you.” When you are afraid of failure not only are you hindering your success but you are actually never giving yourself a chance to be the real you, never giving yourself a chance to be fully you!

Make the simple decision today to fail and fail a lot, but always to use failure as your teacher and one day you will wake up unbelievable successful!

Peace and Blessings,

Jared