How to Re-define Failure and Flip into Possibility
Jeff Leisawitz
LIFE COACH/ CONSULTANT for STORYTELLERS and Creatives of Every Flavor—Learn to tell stories that open minds, connect hearts and inspire action.
Have you ever failed? Yeah, me too. It f’ing sucks.
Now step back. Define failure.
Most people would probably say it has something to do with choosing a goal and not reaching it. This is simple, objective. And short sighted.
Let’s dig in. If you buy stock in your favorite start-up tech company at 10 bucks a pop, hold onto it for a year, and sell at 7 bucks, you lost money. You failed. But if you hold onto that stock for another year and it jets to seventeen, you succeeded. You made money.
What’s the difference? Time and perspective. Now let’s take it to the streets.
You’re an actor. You f’ing love it! Ever since that school play when you dressed up as one of the three bears in third grade you just knew this was your thing. You’ve taken tons of classes, read a million books, watched, studied and analyzed a zillion plays, movies, and tv series. You burn for a leading role on a tv show. And you kinda sorta really want it to be about zombies.