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FAILING FORWARD
For the wide majority of humans, life is not easy and we’re faced with many challenges. Many times, we’ve got our plans and we are so sure it will go smoothly before the unexpected happens. How you perceive and respond to these challenges determines your ability to succeed and achieve your goals.
To achieve your dreams, vision, plans, and goals, you must learn that failing is important to your success; and how to fail forward.
The majority of people get scared of the term ‘failure’. They see failure as a terrible thing and do everything to avoid it. But failure is a powerful tool for learning. Dealing with failure can be hard and sometimes frustrating, but you have to give yourself time to process the emotions, learn from the failure, and heal.
The necessary first step after failing is accepting the present situation, then, sit and plan on how to move forward.
Failing forward means that a person embraces failure as a stepping stone for future accomplishments. To fail forward means that you have chosen to value every failure for the lessons learned and then apply those lessons in future efforts, even if those efforts might also fail. When you are failing forward, each failure moves you closer to ultimate success.
To be clear, embracing the idea of failing forward does not mean that you are striving to fail. It doesn’t even mean that you enjoy failing. What it means is that you understand that failure is part of the journey to success and that you won’t let the fear of failing stop you from taking right-sized risks.
Henceforth learn the lessons from every mistake you make as this will help direct your path to success.
