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Why You Need To Accept Failure

By on March 29, 2018

It’s inevitable when you chase your dreams that there will be periods when you fail. It’s the fear of failure that stops people from ever starting. Yet, the quicker you accept failure, the quicker you will get to your desired success. You need to accept failure will be a part of your journey to success.

Most people look at failure as if it’s something bad when in reality it’s quite the contrary. When you fail you’re gaining experience for what works and what doesn’t. The experience you gain from failing will be invaluable on your journey towards success. You can read every book on success but until you actually go out there and do something, nothing will ever get done. The only thing you can’t learn from books is experience.

As you continue to move forward on your journey towards success, you’ll encounter more failures and when you overcome those failures, you will develop resistance. The resistance you develop will strengthen you because eventually there won’t be any failures you can’t overcome. There has never been nor will there be anyone who achieves success on their first try. This is something you have to put work into for the entirety of your life’s journey.

With failure comes growth. You don’t become successful; you grow into becoming successful. With where you are in your current state, you won’t become successful. Why would what you’re already doing turn into success if it hasn’t before? To achieve the success you desire, you will have to grow into someone who can handle that success. The more you fail, the more you grow.

Failure will teach you important lessons in your life. You’ll learn lessons you didn’t think were possible until they happened. You can’t plan for everything in your life, you need to get out there. Remember, you’re always ahead of the person who did nothing!

 Trevor Oldham

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