Thursday, March 15, 2007
Fail forward
Failure is not the opposite of success. Failure is an
important component of success.
Suppose you set an objective, take action, and then fail to
reach that objective on the first attempt. Even though you
have experienced a failure, you're in much better shape than
you were before you started.
Because you've just learned, in a compelling and meaningful
way, what doesn't work. And that puts you well on the way to
finding what does work.
The greatest achievements of all time are built upon
multiple failures. The greatest achievers are those who are
willing to experience failure on their way to the success
they know will most certainly come.
No one sets out with the intention of failing. Yet when
failure comes, it is nothing to be ashamed of, and no reason
to give up.
Learn to see failure as just another step in the process of
success. And even when the failures come, they will serve to
move you forward.
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