Wednesday, April 1, 2009

Failure

Failure is the one most single factor responsible for frustration and stress personally and professionally. This is a legitimate concern that people have as they progress through the corridors of life. To aspire for success without ever experiencing some failure or temporary detours is to be naïve. Winston Churchill observed, “Success is going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm.” It is of utmost importance to reiterate that you cannot travel the road to success without experiencing some temporary setbacks, detours or errors of judgment.

How we look at life and failures makes a difference. This explains why some people fail and go on to achieve great things in their lives and others never fulfill their God given destiny. Don't just give up when you encounter challenges and experience failure. You must forge ahead. Persistence is what gives losers a winner's edge. It makes winners out of losers and quitters. Successful people are not individuals who haven’t failed or became frustrated at one time or the other but individuals who through learning and persistence have transformed their failures into productivity and the power to succeed.

"We seem to gain wisdom more readily through our failures than through our successes. We always think of failure as the antithesis of success, but it isn't. Success often lies just the other side of failure.” Leo F. Buscaglia

So today make it your mission to find out what it is that will inspire your performance, expand your imagination, cultivate your dreams, help you discover, develop and maximize your God given potential.