Fail forward rather than crumble down.
Failure, while grueling at times, is one of our greatest chances to grow and elevate ourselves in our pursuit of achieving our goals and dreams.
Nonetheless there's another vital part to the equation of failure that we don't really cover that much. I want to talk about our mistakes. Making mistakes is part of life and good lord have I made plenty 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 side by side. Much of the time though, our mistakes are on a much lesser scale. Nevertheless, they are extremely important to our development and growth into becoming better. You can learn plenty 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 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 actually mattered though, was the undeniable fact that he didn't let his mistakes deter him. He knew, better than anyone, that this was all a part of the journey and at the end he would be encircled in light. He ultimately was.
We're going to mess up. We will have momenst where we are to snap, push the people away we adore, ask for things we presumed we wanted, make rash choices, 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 endless of the blunders we're going to make in our lives. But when we turn mistakes which can often be fixed into failures, which take masses of superglue and Gorilla tape to fix, it is usually because we didn't own up to what we have done.
Own it.
This is when we truly learn. This is when we grow. It is one of the toughest things to have an honest look at yourself in the mirror and say "I have gotten something wrong, and I am really going to take care of it. I have let myself down." But as rough as that is, our owning up to mistakes is one of the most honest and powerful things we possess.
We should expect better out of ourselves than to cower away by not taking responsibility.
We created the conflicts, 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 are or how afraid you are, fix it. Probabilities are, if you speak from your heart and you are truthful, 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 grueling at times, is one of our greatest chances to grow and elevate ourselves in our pursuit of achieving our goals and dreams.
Nonetheless there's another vital part to the equation of failure that we don't really cover that much. I want to talk about our mistakes. Making mistakes is part of life and good lord have I made plenty 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 side by side. Much of the time though, our mistakes are on a much lesser scale. Nevertheless, they are extremely important to our development and growth into becoming better. You can learn plenty 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 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 actually mattered though, was the undeniable fact that he didn't let his mistakes deter him. He knew, better than anyone, that this was all a part of the journey and at the end he would be encircled in light. He ultimately was.
We're going to mess up. We will have momenst where we are to snap, push the people away we adore, ask for things we presumed we wanted, make rash choices, 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 endless of the blunders we're going to make in our lives. But when we turn mistakes which can often be fixed into failures, which take masses of superglue and Gorilla tape to fix, it is usually because we didn't own up to what we have done.
Own it.
This is when we truly learn. This is when we grow. It is one of the toughest things to have an honest look at yourself in the mirror and say "I have gotten something wrong, and I am really going to take care of it. I have let myself down." But as rough as that is, our owning up to mistakes is one of the most honest and powerful things we possess.
We should expect better out of ourselves than to cower away by not taking responsibility.
We created the conflicts, 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 are or how afraid you are, fix it. Probabilities are, if you speak from your heart and you are truthful, 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!