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Have you ever been paralysed by the fear of failure?
Modern society can be rather harsh these days and failure is not something that too many of us give time or consideration to because it can be construed as a sign of weakness and ineffectiveness on our part, often leading to procrastination, distress and at its extreme, depression. There is a constant pressure to be perfect in all aspects of our lives reinforced at every opportunity everywhere we look .No one likes to admit failing because everyone suffers occasionally from the feeling of not being good enough and society can be very unforgiving at times.
The chances are, however, that if you have lived a number of years on this planet then you will have experienced success and defeat in your actions and will understand first hand the positive emotions of winning, verses the negative emotions of losing out. For those of you who have had more setbacks and knocks than others then the ability to persist in the face of previous failures can be soul-destroying.
Anyone who has tasted success and personal transformation, entrepreneurs, celebrities business leaders and ordinary folkunderstand that failure is character building as the famous saying goes;
It's not what happens to you but how you respond that matters'
We connect with people who are not perfect but who understand and may have experienced some difficultywith what ever they have been attempting because we appreciate their 'humanness' and we experience their wisdom and their resilience.
Failure is often the stepping stone that leads to the bigger breakthroughs in the end. Innovation always works its way out of failure. It took Edison over a 1,000 attempts before he invented the light bulb and Dom Perignon discovered champagne by failing when he let his wine ferment twice.
So how can we learn to embrace failure and not let the fear of failing hold us back in the pursuit of our dreams?
Here are 6 personal development tips;
1) We must learn to acknowledge our mistakes and begin to use them as opportunities for learning and growth so we don't keep making the same ones time and time again. From a personal perspective I have learnt far more from failing than I have from effortless success.
2) We must continue to take action and keep moving forward learning to tweak and adjust our efforts to improve the results. This means pushing past and through our fears recognising that we don't have to be perfect to get something done but rather that we perfect our results as we evolve and test.
3) We need to stay positive and keep our thoughts constructive and find our inner courage. Self loathing and low self-esteem will kill any chances of goals being met and lead to a self perpetuating cycle.
4) When we have a compelling why' we tend to increase our persistence so be the role model for your parents, spouse, community or be the hero to your children.
5) When we have the ability to focus totally on where we are going not on where we have been we have a chance that success could be on the horizon so have a clear vision.
6) Develop the habit of self discipline and keep practising untilwe perfectour talent and craft and it becomes second nature.
Ultimately success is an inner game and failure can be the door that eventually unlocks the potential within. Failure should be our teachernot our jailor and we can all learn to bounce back and breakthrough by following these rules.
