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By: moshood

moshood — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 11:39:21 +0000

Nice post….Finally, i got to realize that if one is willing to achieve something in life,one should be prepared to fail. Come to think of a think, failure is actually a cross road to success.

I remember when it was time for me to walk, just like every able-baby on earth would do, I tried standing and fell. Sometimes might got hurt.

Did my parents warn me not to try doing that again? Obviously, no parents would say that. Mine didn’t say that either because they definitely know that if I didn’t fall, I wouldn’t be able to walk- same goes for every baby in this world. The best way to act towards failure is doing the same thing parents do to their child when he his about taking his first step; motivate

The blog http://www.gettingyourfreedom.blogspot.com/ talks perfectly about the topic.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 12:46:39 +0000

I am afraid of being a failure

By: Jesse

Jesse — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 16:02:37 +0000

An old saying says:
There are no problems, only opportunities.

I am not sure I believe that all the time but when you only think of your problems and what is failing in life, I will only see problems and not see opportunities. I like to turn problems into opportinities. I cannot stand negativity. It sucks the life out of you. When I look for solutions to my problems,I want to focus on what will attract opportunities. The kind that will lead to resolving bad situations. The reality is focusing on the problem never got answers.

By: Bridgit

Bridgit — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 05:14:12 +0000

We learn and grow through failure we must embrace it. It is better to try and fail than to never have tried at all. I encourage my students to make mistakes. We must then fix the mistake and then we have learned something new. I think the more we try, make mistakes, and then learn from the whole experience, the easier it will be to try again. Through success comes confidence and only great success comes from reaching for the stars.

By: Bartjan

Bartjan — Sat, 26 Jan 2008 20:14:08 +0000

Steve Pavlina also wrote some interesting stuff about the subject. He suggests that one should redefine “failure” as “learning”. Ever since I read that article I’m a lot less afraid of failure, because it’s true! I see it very clearly in my own life: the failures that were the most frustrating also were the most valuable lessons to me, and from the lessons I’ve learned I benefit every day.

By: Henrik Edberg

Henrik Edberg — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 21:22:51 +0000

Thank you for the inspiring and insightful post, Christine. And thanks for the comments, guys.

By: Liz @ Creative Liberty

Liz @ Creative Liberty — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 17:34:09 +0000

Your words about creativity are soooo true! One simply cannot innovate without failing, if failure means that one doesn’t succeed in the way they expected to.
Creative and innovative people get their great ideas because they nourish ALL their ideas. The trick is being attached enough to each idea to give it the space and attention it needs, while being able to move on if it clearly is not useful.
I agree that school and businesses have stigmatized failure, to our great peril. It’s important to learn what failure really is (feedback) and how to fail in a resilient manner.
Great post! Thanks for sharing.

By: JEMi

JEMi — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 03:43:37 +0000

It takes conscious effort to decide to overcome failure and use it for the possibilities of greater success. It can be scary..

This is a powerful article. I do think its important to use failure to your advantage.

thanks!

By: Ryan@Prospecting LIFE

Ryan@Prospecting LIFE — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 16:02:09 +0000

I agree that we should never be afraid of failure. Instead, we should feel the fear and dance with it! Success is built upon failure. Making mistakes and failing is part of the learning curve and without it, we would not be learning anything and all our goals will be unattainable!