The Morning Ascent

The Fear of Failure

We have many ways of dealing with it. Some people determine, "If at first you don't succeed, destroy all the evidence that you've tried."

Failure: We hide it, deny it, fear it, ignore it, and hate it.

We do everything but accept it. By acceptance, I don't mean resignation and apathy. I mean understanding that failure is a necessary step to success. The man who never made a mistake never did anything.

One consistent fact I notice is all successful people experienced failure. In fact, most of them began as failures.

Henry Ford forgot to put a reverse gear in his first car.

Thomas Edison spent two million dollars on a invention which proved to be of little value.

Very little comes out right the first time. Failures, repeated failures, are fingerprints on the road to achievement. We can "fail forward" toward success.

Accepting failure in the positive sense becomes effective when you believe that the right to fail is as important as the right to succeed.

William Arthur Word said;

"If you are wise, you will forget yourself unto greatness. Forget your rights, but remember your responsibilities. Forget your inconveniences, but remember your blessings. Forget your own accomplishments, but remember your debts to others. Forget your privileges, but remember your obligations.

If you are wise, you will lose yourself into immortality. Lose your cynicism. Lose your unbelief. Remember these truths: A son must soon forget himself to be long remembered. He must empty himself in order to discover a fuller self. He must lose himself to find himself.

Forget yourself into greatness. Empty yourself into adventure. Lose yourself into immortality.

Take risk. Climb out on a limb where the fruit is. Too many people are still hugging the tree trunk, wondering why they are not receiving the fruit of life.

"When life knocks you down, try to land on your back because if you can look up, you can get up."

~ Les Brown

Make today your day to shine!