Fail Fast for Great Success

There is no shortage of people that will tell you, “You can’t....” Don’t be one of them. Develop the “I can!” mantra. When you do, you will discover that great things happen. Opportunities unfold in front of you. You will start achieving success beyond your wildest expectations.

You Can Do It!

No one can tell you that you're not good enough, not smart enough, not whatever enough without your permission. Nor can anyone tell you that you will fail at something without your permission.

Instead, become the person you believe in. Keep telling yourself you are worthy, smart, strong, and capable.

You're Not Alone

Let’s look at all the people who didn’t listen to the long line of people telling them they couldn’t, weren’t good enough, it’s too hard, etc…

• Thomas Edison developed over 10,000 failed prototypes for the lightbulb—or as he put it, “I discovered 10,000 ways that a lightbulb would not work.”
• Arguably the world’s greatest basketball player, Michael Jordan, was cut from his high school basketball team.
• Steven Spielberg was rejected three times by film schools he applied to.
• Beethoven’s music teacher once told him he was “hopeless.”
• Walt Disney was fired from a newspaper job because he lacked “ideas.”
• Bestselling author John Grisham was rejected by twelve publishing houses and sixteen agents.
• Oprah Winfrey was replaced as the anchorwoman after only eight months in her first big television job.
• Kentucky Fried Chicken founder Harland “Colonel” Sanders was told “No” over 1,000 times when he was searching for someone to partner with for his now famous fried chicken recipe.

The list goes on and on.

Believe in Yourself

When you are chasing a dream and pushing to be in the group of those who make things happen in our world, you will experience setbacks, disappointments, and failure. A long line of people will be saying, “I told you so.” There will be people you will lose in your life; friends, maybe even family members, will not talk to you anymore. These are probably the same people who were fighting hard to hold you back.

The key through it all is to develop the mindset that you believe in yourself and your dreams. Be secure in the knowledge that nothing worth accomplishing (nothing I have discovered so far that is) is easy. It requires a vision so clear and compelling you can taste it. It requires focus—laser beam focus. And it takes hard work—lots of it.

Every once in awhile, you will have setbacks and disappointments. I like to look at those as learning opportunities. They will happen—it is part of the journey to success. The key during these times is to remember that failure is an event, not a person.

Get back up, dust yourself off, learn, grow, and keep telling yourself you can. Believe that you can!

Robert Murray is a Vancouver, BC based?Business Strategy Consultant,?#1 Best Selling Author, and?International Keynote Speaker. For further advice, insight and inspiration on how to unlock your inner leader, connect with Robert on?LinkedIn.

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