Don’t Be Afraid to Fail

  

“Victory is sweetest when you’ve known defeat.”– Malcolm S. Forbes.

 “Life is too short to spend your time avoiding failure.” - Michael Bloomberg.

 “Be thankful for everything that happens in your life; it’s all an experience.” ― Roy T. Bennett

"Never fear what will become of you, depend on no one. Only the moment you reject all help you are free." - Swami Vivekananda

As I have consistently highlighted throughout this blog, motivation is the force that will drive your goal-oriented behaviors in the right direction. 

Goal-Oriented Behavior

Without this force, you would have very little desire to want to push through the challenges you will face on the way to success.

The fear of failure has however crippled many who once were on the path to greatness. 

This is the kind of fear that will keep you up at night and constantly be in your face throughout the day. 

Fear is one of the strongest obstacles that will come your way as you traverse the path to success.

Being afraid to fail is nothing to be ashamed of and certainly not a sign of weakness. Just look around you. Over 90% of all new entrepreneurial failures and of the few that can make any progress, only a sparse few can truly regard themselves as successful.

And we do not even have to look very far to see the results of failure. This world is filled with pessimists who once strived to be great and did not make it very far. 

Oftentimes, people end up describing success as a result of chance because so many well-educated and well-intentioned people end up reaping the bitter seeds of failure.

Don't Give Up

You can only fail when you give up on your dreams and stop working towards your goals. There is always an opportunity to improve on your last performance.

“Success is going from failure to failure without losing enthusiasm.”– Winston Churchill 

“Do not be embarrassed by your failures, learn from them and start again.”– Richard Branson

Some failures are actually a blessing in disguise. They allow you to see the flaws in design and force you back to the drawing board to make them even better.

Many of the great successes of our generation were so motivated to keep going after they failed, that the end result was an unprecedented success. Just think about these examples for a minute.

Walt Disney

Walt Disney: No 20th-century childhood would be the same without the creations of Walt Disney. How could we ever overlook the achievements of a man whose ideas have influenced the minds of an entire generation? But he too experienced significant setbacks on the way to success.

Michael Jordon

 Michael Jordan: 

Michael himself has   been quoted as saying, ‘I have failed over and over again in this life and that is why I succeed.’ He missed over 900 shots throughout his professional career. We will still have good days and bad days. Don’t let your temporary setbacks distract you from the big picture.

Steve Jobs

Steve Jobs: 

The accomplishments of the late Steve Jobs will live on for many years to come. He will forever be remembered as the founder of Apple Inc., one of the most successful and innovative tech companies in the world. His revolutionary inventions have remained unmatched because they are unlike anything we are used to. But just imagine how he must have felt when he was kicked out of the very company he founded.

The next blog will help you to avoid making the same mistakes he did and find the right work/balance.

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