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Ten
Excellent Ways How Failure Can Be
More Beneficial To You Than Success
It's
a bold and perhaps unorthodox claim
to make. But in essence our success
is largely dependent upon how we
fail, how we view our unsuccessful
endeavors; and most importantly how
we react to them afterwards. Success
is really the progressive realization
of worthwhile pre-determined goals.
It is this very journey which makes
or breaks us. Here are ten excellent
reasons how failure can, in fact be
more beneficial for you than
success... 1)
ENCOURAGES LATERAL THINKING As
we all make mistakes it makes great
sense to learn from these and look
for other possible ways to resolve
our situation. Failure encourages us
to look for other solutions that we
ordinarily would not have thought
about had things been somewhat
easier. 2)
GIVES US EXPERIENCE
Do
you remember going for your first job
after school or after just completing
university? It was probably hard to
get employed directly into the job
you wanted as the employer wanted
those who had experience to work for
them. As
we error and learn from our mistakes
we tend to react accordingly making
us a little more aware of what needs
to be done in order to achieve our
objectives. If we had succeeded
immediately without tasting the
disappointment associated with
failure then it's possible that we
may not have not been so adventurous
in looking for other possibilities
such as that outlined in the first
point. 3)
BUILDS CHARACTER
When
we have "stuffed up" enough
times one can go either way! We can
choose to throw the towel in and
crawl into our shell thereby
forgetting about what is most dear
and important to us or we can learn
from the experience, gain confidence,
build character and become more the
person that we ideally wish to be. Personally
I like the latter of the two... 4)
FAILURE ENCOURAGES THE STRONG AND
DISCOURAGES THE WEAK!
If
your determination, will, desire and
hunger to succeed are as big as you
think then to fail along the way is
simply taking a lengthy detour to
where you want to be. Nothing more!
We've all been in city traffic jams.
Sometimes it's easier (and quicker)
to go an extra twenty blocks out of
your way to get home. Sure,
it's hard getting up after a dozen
knock-downs in rapid succession but
you'll find a direct correlation
between how quick you get back up and
how long you stay there as your
experience increases. 5)
MAKES YOU HONEST WITH YOURSELF If
you find it hard or even impossible
to justify to yourself why you're
doing what you're doing then maybe
you're barking up the wrong tree. Try
something else in this case. However,
if your desire increases even though
your successes have, to date, eluded
you then the realistic value of this
goal has been determined. This is
priceless. You know you want it so
for heaven's sake go and get it!
This
depends if you have what it takes to
go all the way. If you melt under
pressure then you'll probably give
up. As things become more clearer
with your experience then nothing can
touch you. You will begin to develop
power from within! Your
self-confidence goes wild with
"tunnel vision" offering
only one outcome; that of reaching
the end. All the stuff you cop on the
way you'll shake off and become a
better person for it. Becoming
thickskinned is really a by-product
of character building with a bit
more; it shows the development of the
individual and reflects the change in
attitude that brings the best out of
us all. 7)
SUCCESS TOO SOON CAN GIVE FALSE
CONFIDENCE I've
seen this time and time again with
different types of businesses. They
become too big too quick. Normally
their size increase is inversely
proportional to their ability to read
books (of accountancy). This
is really a question of experience.
Those who worked hard for a start
then followed this up by working
smarter to get where they are at
today will have a much higher chance
of succeeding in the long term than
someone who made a couple of right
decisions early on but didn't develop
due to a lack of exposure to other
possible problems etc. I don't mean
that we should all struggle for a
start to make a success of what we're
doing what I'm saying is that
generally speaking those who have had
problems, learned from them and
solved them have a better chance of
developing further simply due to
their exposure and experience. Succeeding
too quickly may actually blind one's
potential... 8)
FAILURE ENCOURAGES IMPROVEMENT &
PLANNING
If
I keep "stuffing up" what
I'm doing then obviously it's the
operator who's lacking and not the
tools. Failing is one thing, but
making the same futile mistake
repetitively is just plain
ridiculous. So, if this seems to be
happening it probably makes good
sense to sit down and re-analyze your
approach. Sure it's possible to do
this when you've succeeded as well to
look when looking to the next task
and goal but there's a sense of
urgency about this when things aren't
going to plan. Failing
is simply a way of finding out that
your methods of the day didn't work.
It's not a bad thing, it just
requires a gentle grease an oil
change, a lubrication here and there
and then you can put your vehicle
back on the road and test the
re-alignment once again. Through
careful planning and observation,
failure will ALWAYS push you in the
direction of success if you use it as
the stepping stone for goal
achievement that it so rightfully is. 9)
FAILURE REVEALS YOUR WEAKNESSES Are
you someone who passes on all the
stuff you don't do very well or would
you rather stick at it, making a few
errors along the way to eventually
master the art? Take a simple tennis
match for example. Do you run around
your backhand to use your forehand
and develop half a game or do you
feed your backhand until it becomes
as good as your forehand? Use
failure as a chance to strengthen
those areas that are letting you
down. 10)
SUCCESS IS THE ATTITUDE FAILURE IS
THE LEVER
Develop
a successful attitude and let failure
lever and assist you with it's
strength and power of learning and
understanding. Do not allow failure
to absorb and destroy your spirit.
Gain strength from knowing your
desired outcome is one step closer. If
you have 100 ways you would like to
try to get your desired result then
one wrong turn just involves
backing-up a tad and altering your
game plan with your newfound
knowledge. The world provides you
with an abundance of opportunity so
for heaven's sake don't take the easy
way out and let yourself down because
you screwed up a few times. Build on
your knowledge; apply it all, use it,
do it, make it, be it! |
10 Things to Ask Yourself
About Your Dreams at Midlife 1. Was this an 'ego' dream, i.e.,
something you did to prove something
to someone or to yourself instead of
something you really wanted. 2. Is this dream still suitable
for you? 3. Was this dream really yours or
was it someone else's like your
parents, boss, manager or spouse? 4. Do you still want this dream?
If so, is it possible? If so, is it
worth the price? 5. Did any of these dreams come
true and then turn out to be a
nightmare? 6. Were any of these dreams pure
fantasy that you never meant to have
happen? 7. Did having any of these dreams
come true prove transitory and
unsatisfying? 8. Did this dream come true in
essence though not in particulars? 9. Which of these dreams turned
out to be met and enjoyed? 10. What have your learned by
going over this list? One of the privileges of midlife is being able to change your mind. Change your dreams to fit the new you and your new life!
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