SUCCEEDING THROUGH FAILURES

Failure is the greatest fear of many in our world today. Failure in the religious life, the business world, the family circle and in everyday activities has pushed many a dreamer into a deep hole of hopelessness. Why allow failure to be your greatest enemy to success when it can rather be your best friend to achieving your dreams? Names like Albert Einstein, Oprah Winfrey, the Wright brothers, Franklin Roosevelt are quick to make our success list but some fail to see the depths of failure they trod till they came into the light of success.

With a background of a poor childhood to an inability to read in the formative years, past the years when even those who taught him came to believe he was handicapped  and convinced his parents to think so emerged a man who has changed the face of modern science – Albert Einstein.

With a background as a college drop-out with a poor first product, everything seemed to be against the one who is considered as the richest in the 21^st century – Bill Gates.

To rule the world’s superpower from a wheelchair and lead the greatest democracy on the planet through a period of war and worldwide economic depression is one of the most respected presidents in American history – Franklin Roosevelt.

Missing nine thousand shots in a single career, losing more than three hundred games, a team losing twenty six games because he failed in taking the final shot right, the popular NBA star could say without any doubt that, “I’ve failed over and over and that is why I succeeded”. – Michael Jordan

Many names can be mentioned. They have become household names which easily fall from our lips.

But the greatest question is, “How did these people emerge from the difficulties life presented them, to the height they reached?”. 

In the words of Zig Ziglar, “they made failure their teacher not their undertaker”. Instead of being buried by failure, they were lifted up by it.

3 SIMPLE STEPS IN SUCCEEDING WHEN YOUR PAST FAILURES HAUNT YOU.

1.      Learn from your mistakes

Many successful people have experienced some kind of failure--and they build on those lessons. Learning to fail well means learning to understand your mistakes. In every mistake there is a potential for growth. A world renowned innovator put it succinctly, “I have not failed. I’ve just found out 10,000 ways that won’t work”. Thomas Edison

2.      Spend more time practicing after failure

Practice makes perfect! After failing at whichever endeavor you set your heart on to pursue, don’t give up. Take the bull by the horn and tackle the problem again. Practice till you get it right. No man could put it better than Winston Churchill, “Success is walking from failure to failure with no loss of enthusiasm”.

 Keep getting up

The worst part of human growth and development is to stay down when you fall. The holy book puts it in no uncertain terms, “The godly may trip seven times, but they will get up again. But one disaster is enough to overthrow the wicked.” – Proverbs 24:16

Remember: “Falling down is part of life, getting up is living”. Anonymous

Are you tempted to stay down because of a past failure?

Why not look failure in the face and thank it for coming your way?

Nana Yaw Amo Broni