It’s been a while since I have written. I have purposely pulled myself back from a few things to take a breath and reorganize.
It is amazing how taking a step back and looking at the entire picture shows you different things about your life.
I still come back to the fact that you can re-invent yourself over and over until you get it right.
Recently I came across the teachings of a fellow by the name of Derek Sivers. I was absolutely delighted to see that he believes in failure. I suppose you are shocked to see that someone believes in failure. Especially with all the teachings out there that tell you there is no such thing as failure.
Well, we all need to fail. As Mr Sivers says, “If you are not failing then you are not learning” and I am sure that you all know that if you are not learning you are not living.
You see society has put a negative swing on the word “Failure”. As with most things, it is whatever you make it.
So, if YOU decided that failure is bad and you stop failing, you will never be learning or growing. But if YOU decided that failure is a part of learning and growing and that by failing you are one more step ahead, then the world will be your oyster.
I fail consistently. When I fail, instead of pretending that I was a victim of circumstance, I look at whatever it was I was trying to succeed at and find where I went wrong. I find the lesson in that “failure”.
What have YOU failed at? Can YOU see where you went wrong? Are you living and learning and growing or have you decide that failure is a bad thing?
I would love to read your thoughts on this!!
To Your SUCCESS (Failure!)
Melanie Eatherton
Success Coach
Child of God
Saved by Christ
PS….You won’t find me on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin or otherwise for a while. Like I said, I am taking a step back. I am still available for coaching though so let me know if you want to learn a bit more about failure.
