You Are Not a Failure (3)

• Welcome to part three in this series. To read parts one and two please scroll further down
  
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  Quote:
  
  Most success springs from an obstacle or failure. I became a cartoonist largely because I failed in my goal of becoming a successful executive.
  - Scott Adams
  
  Quite often, the occurences we call "obstacles" or "failures" are actually God's hand intervening to place us where we ought to be. Many a fortune has been stumbled upon due to an unforeseen, unpleasant or unexpected occurence. Being fired from your job could be the beginning of a profitable business venture. You might never have considered this option in the comfort zone of your last job. A broken engagement could be your deliverance from a possibly bad marriage, and your entrance into a healthier, happier relationship.
  
  As well as learning from our dissapointments, we must closely examine them to detect any pointers to a better alternative. Successful people are always on the lookout for opportunity hidden in adversity, a habit worth adopting.
  
  Self-reflection
  Examine any past failures or disappointments. Could any opportunities have been hiding in them?
  
  Action Points
  Visit the internet. Using a search engine, read up on how these peoploe turned misfortune into massive fortune:
  
  *"Colonel" Sanders of Kentucky Fried Chicken

*Walt Disney of Disneyland

*Soichiro Honda of the Honda Corporation

Positive Thinking

I will not complain in the face of adversity. In it I will seek opportunity. Problems are promotion exams in disguise.

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You Are Not a Failure (2)

Welcome to part two in this series. To read part one please scroll further down.

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Quote:

Failure is an absolute prerequisite to success. You learn to succeed by failing.

-Brian Tracy,Internatonal Trainer, Author, Business Coach

It has been said that success is a poor teacher! Success swells our heads, but failure stops us in our tracks and causes us to think. Surely it feels bad when we fail. At first glance it could even seem costly. But whatever setbacks we suffer as a result of failure, are really just learning opportunities. If we learn from such encounters, any money "lost" in the process could be regarded as investments towards our self-development. Tuition fees, if you like!

To achieve success we must first pay our dues. This includes failing, maybe lots of times, and learning from our failures. Consider failure an entry requirement to the school of success. It takes a certain amount of failure to qualify!

Self-reflection

1. Why is it said that success is a poor teacher?
2. How does failure teach better than success?
3. Do my failures make me bitter, or do I use them to get better?

Action Points

1. Start keeping a daily journal detailing any setbacks you encounter and lessons you could learn from them. Write out what actions you took following each setback. Were you proactive or reactive?

2. If you had the chance to do it all over again, what would you do differently?
Be sure to record a date against each entry. One year from now it will amaze you how far you have grown!

Positive Thinking:

I am a winner. I see failure as a learning experience and a growth opportunity. I learn to succeed each time I fail. With each failure I grow towards my goals.

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You are not a failure (1)

This is the first of a series of articles I have written to encourage anyone who has become discouraged in the face of much failure. It has been said that failure is the beginning of success. I know it is from personal experience!

I do hope you enjoy these articles and are strengthened by them. If you are, I'd be glad to hear from you. Just email me at the address in "About Me". And do invite your loved ones to my blog!

Enjoy!

You Are Not a Failure (1)

Quote:

“I’ve missed more than nine thousand shots in my career. I’ve lost almost three hundred games. Twenty-six times I’ve been trusted to take the winning shot and missed. I’ve failed over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed.”

-Michael Jordan, basket ball great

Failure is definitely not something one would associate with Michael Jordan. He seems to have been born with medals in his hands! However, successful people all over the world agree that before they recorded their successes they experienced much failure. In fact, many of them say they experienced a lot more failure than success. But it’s the success that made the headlines!

Failure is not final. It is a learning experience. Whenever we fail at something we need to stop, think and learn from this. We need to say, “Here is one more way NOT to do it. I am one step closer to success.”

Mr Jordan attributes his success to his ability to learn from failure. He had a lot of it, so he learned a lot on success.

Self-reflection
1. Does failure discourage you?
2. What is a positive way to respond to failure?
3. Why do you think God allows failure to come our way?

Action points
1. Name one failure you have experienced recently e.g. weight loss, an exam, a relationship, or in business
2. Find one lesson you could learn from it.
3. If it were to happen all over again, what could you do differently? Do it differently next time (there is always a “next time!).

Positive Thinking
Failure is the beginning of success. It is not the end of the road for me. I will learn each time I fail, and grow through it. I will not be discouraged when things do not go the way I planned. Each time I fail is a wonderful opportunity to learn a valuable lesson. I will not miss the lesson, I will learn it, move on and become a better, more successful person.


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