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Failures are lessons in success

We all fail repeatedly. Perhaps we said the wrong thing at a social gathering, then remembered not to embarrass ourselves at the next one. Maybe we bought conditioner instead of the shampoo our partner asked for. Or we could easily have jumped a red traffic light while deep in thought, and sworn to ourselves never to do it again. All these actions could be deemed failures. But how can these be successes in their own right?

 

We learn from our mistakes, and gradually we become so proficient that others begin commenting. Mistakes become stepping stones towards our eventual success. In the examples above, we could argue that we’ve become better at socialising, better shoppers and better drivers – but only once we’ve ceased to perform our mistakes. We become masters of our own acts, and that’s definitely called success.

 

Failure breeds success. When we fail, we learn to become better, and that in turn leads us toward being successful. Take my world records for example. I’ve failed dozens of times. But through those events which ended poorly, I learned from my mistakes. Compare a handful of failures to 80+ successful world record attempts.

 

Sure, I failed as I learned, and once I had understood what to do, it was relatively easily able to accumulate just under 100 world record titles. I intend that level of success to continue, and with it, a series of failures from which I will no doubt learn. The latter will actually drive me to more successes because I will remember how to turn failures into successes.

 

If I can do this with world record attempts, you can learn success from what you like doing. Now then, get out there and succeed: even if it means a few failures along the way.

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