THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS FAILURE
Almost everyone in the world struggles with the fear of failure. Yet, there isn’t one person in this world who has not failed. Everyone makes mistakes. The Wright brothers didn’t fly the first time they tried. In fact, they failed miserably, repeatedly. But fortunately for us all, they, like many of the world’s achievers had an outcome in mind and understood the formula of success. If we just keep trying and changing our approach, chances are, we will win in the end. People always succeed in getting some sort of results; it may not be their desired result, but it’s a result nonetheless.
Winners, leaders, masters in their chosen fields all understand that if you try something and do not get the outcome you want, it’s simply feedback. They understand that if they try something and it doesn’t give them what they want, they haven’t failed; they simply
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had a learning experience. All they need to do moving forward is to use that information to fine tune their approach towards producing the results they desire.
The difference between those who succeed and those who don’t is how they view failure. The unsuccessful dwell on the failure, constantly second guess their next action, attach negative emotions to something that doesn’t work, they paralyze themselves through inaction. Take a minute to reflect on the five biggest failures in your life. What did you learn from those experiences? Chances are, they were some of the most valuable lessons you’ve learnt in life.
Make Course Corrections Did you know that when a space shuttle is headed for the moon, they are ‘off course’ at least 97% of the time? This is in spite of all the gadgets and equipment that’s used to make sure they stay on course. The pilot has to continually make course corrections to get back on the path and in the end they make it to their destination.
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The pilot of your life is your mind. Whenever you seem to be ‘off course,’ simply remind yourself it’s part of getting where you want to go, remember your outcome, and then make adjustments to get back on ‘on course’.
For example, many people will get down on themselves because they’re overweight. Instead of feeling bad every time they look in the mirror, they could embrace the fact that they’ve been extremely successful in producing a result called “excess fat” and now, they’re going to produce a new result called “being thin.” They would produce this result by producing new actions.
Sometimes we learn from our mistakes, sometimes the mistakes of others. One way to produce that result would be to model someone who has produced the result of being
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thin. When we model another successful person, we don’t need to repeat their mistakes to learn from them. Find out what specific action that person took physically and mentally to remain thin consistently. Then produce the same actions to produce the same result. As long as you regard your excess weight as a failure, you’ll be immobilized.
Think about this: What would you attempt to do if you knew you could not fail? If you really believed you could not fail, you might take on a whole new set of actions and produce powerful new results. Wouldn’t you be better off trying them? Isn’t that the only way to grow? You’ll always produce a result. If it’s not one you desire, change your actions and you’ll produce different results. There is no such thing as failure, there are only learning experiences! The minute you overcome the negative emotions surrounding failure by changing it into a result you produced, your success is assured.
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