Failure Is Not The End, But The Beginning
Let’s face it, people hate to fail. I don’t like failing, but if I ever need to fail, I have to fail forward. Failing forward means to learn something from my experience and still do something good out of the situation.
Donald Trump, America’s biggest real estate tycoon shares in his book: Think Big and Kick Ass in Business and Life:
Do not view any failure as the end. Learn from your lessons quickly, then move on. Do not dwell on the failure. Start thinking big again. Fill your mind with thoughts that make you feel good, plans for the future, past successes, good things your friends said about you, anything that puts a positive spin on your inner dialogue.
Learn the art of forgetting. Move on and do not give a thought to the bad things that have happened to you. Do not be an idealist, wishing things were different, wishing bad things had never happened, and wishing you lived in a fairy tale world where everything turns out right. Do not wait for everything to be perfect before you start taking action again. Be a realist. It will never be perfect. Just resolve to do better, then move on, forgetting the past. View every failure as a step on the way to ultimate success. Remember, persistence plus learning from mistakes equals success.
Failing is part of the feedback loop in life. If we dwell on it, it does not serve us at all. Great people became great because they learnt to overcome it and not commit the same mistake again. Always fail forward!
If you like this article, please subscribe to our blog by getting the Free Report on “7 Deadly Secrets to creating a Dynamic and Cohesive Team”. If you have comments, I would love to hear them. Please post them below.
Popularity: 82% [?]
Tagged with: donald trump • failing • failures • idealist • realist
Filed under: Mindset and Inspiration
Like this post? Subscribe to my RSS feed and get loads more!
Now more than ever I realize the impact of words…from reading such books: The Magic of Thinking Big, Think and Grow Rich and Secret of the Millionaire Mind and I think the BEST: The Science of Getting Rich…and discovered WORDS CREATE OUR WORLD TO BE>….you/I/We fill in the blank to be whatever we desire.
Here is a suggestion…I don’t///you don’t!!!!///We Don’t…eliminate from your vocubalary…what does it confirm: negatives. Please visit this web site to learn more: http://www.remembertheice.com/index.php.
It was a wake up call for me.
Enjoy.
Roger d. Hunt
Some people tends to dwell in a state of -ve mindset as they find more pleasure in it, as compared to the pain they will face if trying to get out of it. They get attention from others and such where they would not normally get and it’s addictive.
Nice Site layout for your blog. I am looking forward to reading more from you.
Tom Humes
Love this!! so creative and neat.
Thanks for this marvelous post, I am glad I found this website on yahoo.
My neighbor and I have been just debating this particular topic, he’s normally looking for to show me incorrect. Your view on this is nice and precisely how I really feel. I just now mailed him this web page to show him your personal view. After trying over your web site I book marked and shall be coming again to learn your new posts!
I’ve read some good stuff here. Certainly worth bookmarking for revisiting. I wonder how much effort you put to make such a magnificent informative web site.
Hi Norbert,
Thank you for your kind comments. It does take time to write articles, especially when it takes about nearly 4 hours to write a good one.