Fail in business.
We study SUCCESS. We attend seminars, listen to audios, watch streaming videos by Gurus.
Chasing the edge. Always reaching for the Elusive Obvious...
"Enough is never Enough!"
Ever look at the flip side?
Have you defined success and failure? What do they mean to you? How do you define them in reference to others? your kids?
Dig deeper.
Failure means you found a way it does not work. Post-it Notes, failure, it was to be Super Glue. Ask Steve Chambers a story or two.
I failed at lots of things, thankfully! Not in Construction or Meat Packing anymore. Couldn't read til I was twelve. Now I measure my library in cubic feet(hard drive is pretty full too!)
Note failure and stress are engineering terms first. And labels/traps second.
Tim
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Pam
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You make an excellent point. People do tend to get obsessed with considering one side of the success coin, but there is plenty to be learned from the other.
I always tell my children that every situation has three sides:
1. Doing what you've always done or seen done
2. Doing the exact opposite
3. The magical third way, where you employ your experience and observation with some new element that you introduce yourself.
Most behaviour, at a psychological level, happens at level 1 or 2.
Philip Graves [Consumer Behaviour Expert]
You are so right, but I am still so afraid of failure.
You are so right, but I am still so afraid of failure.
John Ho
Understanding Personalities for Better Influence & Persuasion (WordPress www)
Understanding Personalities for Better Influence & Persuasion (Vox blog)
Tim, We often learn more about ourselves and about others during the process of what we might call "failueres". And when we finally DO succeed, it is all those things we learned while we were "failing", those lessons, that we have now burned into our minds, that are causing us to succeed..
SunnyMarie
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Failure is enourmously valuable - as long as we learn from it - fail forward we say around here. If you don't fail regularly, you are not pushing your envelope. Of course, learn from others mistakes as well, when you can. This process makes home runs natural.
Christian Haller
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We learn some of the greatest lessons of our lives through our perceived "failures".
JJ Jalopy.
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It could very well be that we were taught early on that failure was just the worst thing that could happen. I don't remember anyone early on telling me to use failure to learn, to change, to grow. Lord is it any mystery that it's this looming threat??
Thanks
JC
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Best regards,
April Braswell
Dating Expert and Relationship Coach
We should never discount failure. That is how we learn. So many people chase the "Success" without knowing what they are after.
People go after what they think is "Success" with all the Gurus, Books, Audios and so on you spoke about. They get all this information, but never do one damn thing with it then complain after they don't have the"success."
The big pivitol point is to (Know What Success) means and how it shows up to them as an individual.
My definition of success is using the skills, abilities and talents you have at the very, very best you can. Inspite of our failures. To keep pushing forward inspite of the opinions of others.
Lynn Lane
www.Warriorofsuccess.com
Knowing what we don't want is just as important as knowing what we do. It's like when you vote. Even if you don;t have something you want to vote for, you can usually find something to vote against.
It is always best to work both ends against the middle.
Steve
Sales Eagles
Great post. Food for thought!
All the best,
Yann
<a href="http://www.ProfitsTactics.com">www.ProfitsTactics.com</a>
I have decided not to call it failure... that could make me feel bad about myself and then i might need federally funded therapy :0 Failure is a part of the learning process. every time the end result is an undesired outcome it makes you look for new and better ways to get something done. failure is not to be confused with giving up.
Don Shepherd
Oregon or Bust
Tim,
I call failure experience. I have had my fair share but I can expect more experience in the future. Ultimate failure is not using your personal power to take action.
Mitch
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Many people are so busy trying to learn new information that they fail to do what they already know they need to do.
These people are also attracted to shiny sparkly objects... and it is a fate that befalls many corporate managers who attend whizbang seminars and the staff dreads their return.
Seize the Day,
Rob
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Here is a quote from Michael Jordan that I love.
I've missed more than 9000 shots in my career. I've lost almost 300 games. 26 times, I've been trusted to take the game winning shot and missed. I've failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed.
Michael Jordan
Bob Kaufer
If you MOVE like the Tin Man, you will THINK like the Scarecrow and FEEL like the Lion
Success and failure are words that require definition by me. What someone else sees as a failure on my part may 1) not be a part of my rating system or 2) viewed as a succesful learning opportunity. It's all in how I frame it. "They" aren't in charge of how I look at what success and failure mean.
-Pat
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