Failures in Life Are Diamonds in the Rough For Personal Growth

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When you fail, what goes through your mind? You probably feel anger to despair to self pity-why me? The point is-everyone of us fails in life some many, many more.. Failure is not necessarily a bad thing, sure it is unpleasant to go through failures in life, but it is all part of the personal development and growth process. How can you ever grow and mature as a person if you don’t experience temporary setbacks from time to time.

It took me 6 times to pass my drivers education test in high school, I set the record for the most drivers ed failures-but did that stop and prevent me from ever obtaining my drivers license and driving a vehicle that I now own? Of course not…

Understanding the letters that spell the word: F A I L U R E

FORGET

From my professional experience in providing goal setting, about me , the first thing you need to do is to forget about the past failures in your life. Yesterday is a cancelled check, today is cold hard cash, and tomorrow is a promissory note.

Tomorrow is not guaranteed and furthermore may never arrive so all you have is the now-the present. Forget about what did not work out as planned, why you failed and move on.

ACCEPT

Accept why things did not work out as planned and why you did not succeed as planned-regardless as to whether you were victimized or wronged is irrelevant. Accept the facts as facts which is part of the personal growth process in moving forward.

INVESTIGATE

Investigate why you failed in areas of your personal and professional life. Knowing what the specific steps you took will help you to avoid some of the same mistakes moving forward.

LOOK

Look for alternative ways or solutions in reaching your destination. Remember: it took Thomas Edison over 14,000 failed attempts before he perfected the light bulb that the entire world has come to use in our daily lives. Remember: Perserverence holds the key to Success...

UNDERSTAND

Understand that you are not a failure in life, everyone of us fails at something-some more than others. Understand what you did wrong, and make a mental note what you need to improve upon next moving forward in your personal goal setting. .

RE-EVALUATE

Re-evaluate your overall personal goal setting plan of action, maybe you need to remove some tasks or steps in prioritizing things before you can reach your objective. Think objectively and be honest with yourself regarding where you want to go and how you plan on getting to your ultimate destination.

This could be a day, a week or a month process. It is important NOT to rush through this process -so you do not have to revisit failed attempts yet a second time.

ENTRUST

Entrust yourself to try again, to not give up on your goal setting plan objectives, regardless of how many times you fail at it. Each step in the right direction pushes you and motivates you to completing and finishing your goals. Remember it’s a marathon-not a race!

"If I find 10,000 ways something won't work, I haven't failed. I am not discouraged, because every wrong attempt discarded is another step forward..."

Remember: ”The only Unfulfilled Goals in Your Life are the Ones you Never Attempt” personal goal-setting