All of us are successful at some thing and fail at others. When we are successful, we celebrate our good fortune, judgment or wisdom. When we fail we lament our bad fortune, judgment or wisdom. Worse than that, we often blame others with or instead of ourselves. The outcome can be a combination of disappointment, depression or anger.
Yet even the unhappy state of failure can have a good side to it.
Most people that I know who are successful had failures before their success. Instead of dwelling on the blame for their mistakes, they took responsibility for them. They tried to learn why they failed so that they could improve their judgment. More that that they saw their failure as presenting a challenge instead of a defeat and an opportunity instead of a dead end.
The great people of history have grown and learned from their failures. They have been tested over and over, stumbling and falling only to get up again and again to learn and fight their way to the realm of success.
So next time you fail, think a moment. Is this a disaster or something to teach me. Should I quit or should I learn. Should I give up or should I take another chance.
To me, the most fun is not running something day by day. It is building it.
Failure - Mike's Photo and Thoughts Website
