Why Failure is Good. Do More of it Quick.
Failure is best accomplished quickly. Yes…failure can be an accomplishment. Really!
Consider this scenario…
Do you remember how you learned to ride a bicycle as a child?
You got on the bike, fell, tipped over, got some scrapes, looked ridiculous at first and then…you rode the bike and kept on riding it for years to come with no major mishaps. Making all those mistakes at first and correcting them quickly enabled you to get on with your goal of riding that bicycle. You didn’t drag the process out because you were passionate about learning to ride that bike.
This same principle can apply to many aspects of your life, including your career and job. You ARE going to make mistakes. Everybody does. Some of us make more and some of us make less but we all make mistakes and we all fail at tasks. Accept that and don’t ruminate excessively about your mistakes and failures.
Mistakes and failures are just unplanned things that happened. Know that the more you do in life, the more activities you try, the more risks you take, the bigger chance you have of making mistakes or failing compared to the person next to you doing less in life. But you also have a bigger chance of leading a more fulfilled and exciting, or at least satisfactory, life.
However, if you quickly fail and don’t give up and don’t dwell in a negative manner, then you’re given an opportunity to quickly evaluate your mistake or failure, make an adjustment in your plan for that goal or task, and try again. So welcome failure and mistakes into your life. The faster the better!
Don’t be immobilized by embarrassment or self-pity. Don’t CHOOSE to perceive mistakes and failure in a negative way. Remember, the quicker you get the mistakes out of the way, the quicker you’ll find or achieve success with that task, goal, etc.
Think of mistakes and failure as learning opportunities and part of the plan of your life and everything you do. And when they happen, don’t inflate them into something special and extraordinary as so many people do (including the U.S. media). Learn from your mistake so it doesn’t happen again. Make the corrections or adjustments needed. Then get on with things!
Life is about moving forward. Don’t dwell on your mistakes or those of others unless you have a productive, conscious reason to do so (such as a USEFUL history lesson that involved mistakes or failures).