Fail forward rather than crumble down.
Failure, while difficult at times, is one of our greatest opportunities to grow and elevate ourselves in our pursuit of achieving our goals and dreams.
Nevertheless there is another crucial component to the equation of failure that we don't really cover that much. I would like to talk about our mistakes. Making mistakes is an element of life and good lord have I made a lot of mistakes in mine. You say it, I've most likely done it. Fact is, every one of us has made countless mistakes which are the events that shape our lives. Mistakes and mess ups go hand in hand. Most of the time though, our mistakes are on a much smaller scale. However, they're crucial to our development and growth into becoming better. You can learn much from succeeding, but you can learn a load more from things that don't work.
Edison learned more about electricity in failing over 1,000 times then he may have in nailing the electric-light bulb in the very first try. He wouldn't have gone on to be the amazing inventor he was if he didn't fail so much. What truly mattered though, was the incontrovertible fact that he didn't let his mistakes discourage him. He knew, better than anyone, that it was all a part of the journey and at the end he would be encircled in light. He at last was.
We are going to make mistakes. We are going to snap, push the people away we love, ask for things we presumed we wanted, make rash decisions, hurt those close to us, do things that are out of our character, get wasted, say things we don't mean, break our promises, break hearts, hate, fear, talk smack, tear things apart, burn things down, the list is never-ending of the types of mistakes we will make in our lives. But when we turn mistakes which can often be fixed into failures, which take masses of superglue and duct tape to fix, it is because we didn't own up to what we have done.
Own it.
This is when we really learn. This is when we grow. It is one of the most challenging things to have a look at yourself in the mirror and say "I have gotten something wrong, and I am really going to mend it. I have let myself down." But as rough as that is, our owning up to mistakes is among the strongest things we possess.
We should expect better out of ourselves than to cower away by not taking responsibility.
We created the problems, now, we have to do what's important to fix them. Take ownership. If you have hurt somebody else, then it is even more imperative to own up to what you have done and fix it. It doesn't matter how embarrassed you happen to be or how terrified you are, fix it. Possibilities are, if you honestly speak from your heart and you are truly honest, they'll forgive you. You owe them an apology, and most of all, you owe it to yourself to learn from your mistakes and grow.
Honesty is a great foundation to build your life upon.
Have the bravery to act.
Failure, while difficult at times, is one of our greatest opportunities to grow and elevate ourselves in our pursuit of achieving our goals and dreams.
Nevertheless there is another crucial component to the equation of failure that we don't really cover that much. I would like to talk about our mistakes. Making mistakes is an element of life and good lord have I made a lot of mistakes in mine. You say it, I've most likely done it. Fact is, every one of us has made countless mistakes which are the events that shape our lives. Mistakes and mess ups go hand in hand. Most of the time though, our mistakes are on a much smaller scale. However, they're crucial to our development and growth into becoming better. You can learn much from succeeding, but you can learn a load more from things that don't work.
Edison learned more about electricity in failing over 1,000 times then he may have in nailing the electric-light bulb in the very first try. He wouldn't have gone on to be the amazing inventor he was if he didn't fail so much. What truly mattered though, was the incontrovertible fact that he didn't let his mistakes discourage him. He knew, better than anyone, that it was all a part of the journey and at the end he would be encircled in light. He at last was.
We are going to make mistakes. We are going to snap, push the people away we love, ask for things we presumed we wanted, make rash decisions, hurt those close to us, do things that are out of our character, get wasted, say things we don't mean, break our promises, break hearts, hate, fear, talk smack, tear things apart, burn things down, the list is never-ending of the types of mistakes we will make in our lives. But when we turn mistakes which can often be fixed into failures, which take masses of superglue and duct tape to fix, it is because we didn't own up to what we have done.
Own it.
This is when we really learn. This is when we grow. It is one of the most challenging things to have a look at yourself in the mirror and say "I have gotten something wrong, and I am really going to mend it. I have let myself down." But as rough as that is, our owning up to mistakes is among the strongest things we possess.
We should expect better out of ourselves than to cower away by not taking responsibility.
We created the problems, now, we have to do what's important to fix them. Take ownership. If you have hurt somebody else, then it is even more imperative to own up to what you have done and fix it. It doesn't matter how embarrassed you happen to be or how terrified you are, fix it. Possibilities are, if you honestly speak from your heart and you are truly honest, they'll forgive you. You owe them an apology, and most of all, you owe it to yourself to learn from your mistakes and grow.
Honesty is a great foundation to build your life upon.
Have the bravery to act.
About the Author:
Evan Sanders is the author of The Words Of Encouragement, a website dedicated to bringing the best quotes, motivational content on the web, and blogs all to one place. Feeling ready to take the journey of your life? Dive into these life is too short quotes to explore the meaning of living in the present!
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