Learning to embrace failing
Failing is a sensitive topic for many. I know I suffer from what Brene Brown refers to
as perfectionism and this is something I am consciously working on. This is when our concerns about failing at something impact our perception of self and quite often prevent us from taking the necessary risks to try and go all out to achieve our goals.
Whether we are seeking to achieve lofty goals we have set for ourselves or are
looking for more engagement and fulfillment in our lives one of the most important things we can
do is fail. This may sound a bit strange but it is only when we fail can we pick up the pieces and
figure out what happened, build resilience and grow from the experience. In Sheryl Sanberg's newest book OptionB she writes about how the larger a failure is the more we stand to learn from it. A significant failure causes us to scrutinize it more closely in an attempt to better understand exactly what went wrong.
Failure needs to be embraced and looked at as an opportunity to learn. Richard Branson and Elon Musk refer to failure as their friends. Once we understand that failing at something doesn't make us a failure we can strive in our pursuits with more confidence knowing we have developed resilience. Whatever we are looking to improve in our lives and whatever we wish to achieve, failing needs to become an accepted part of the process and be used to launch us even further in our journey.
#elliotyi
#paradigmleft
#habits
#mindset
as perfectionism and this is something I am consciously working on. This is when our concerns about failing at something impact our perception of self and quite often prevent us from taking the necessary risks to try and go all out to achieve our goals.
Whether we are seeking to achieve lofty goals we have set for ourselves or are
looking for more engagement and fulfillment in our lives one of the most important things we can
do is fail. This may sound a bit strange but it is only when we fail can we pick up the pieces and
figure out what happened, build resilience and grow from the experience. In Sheryl Sanberg's newest book OptionB she writes about how the larger a failure is the more we stand to learn from it. A significant failure causes us to scrutinize it more closely in an attempt to better understand exactly what went wrong.
Failure needs to be embraced and looked at as an opportunity to learn. Richard Branson and Elon Musk refer to failure as their friends. Once we understand that failing at something doesn't make us a failure we can strive in our pursuits with more confidence knowing we have developed resilience. Whatever we are looking to improve in our lives and whatever we wish to achieve, failing needs to become an accepted part of the process and be used to launch us even further in our journey.
#elliotyi
#paradigmleft
#habits
#mindset
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