Imagine if failure was an acceptable option. What would be possible for you? How many more risks could you take? What else could you try?
Most people never fail because they don’t even try. The fear of failure, sometimes referred to as “atychiphobia,” paralyzes people. They resist failure as if the experience will bring agony and shame. They fear failure will define them.
Failure is actually just feedback. Not feedback on a person, but on their performance of a task. The more times we fail, the more feedback we get, and the easier it becomes to succeed. Just as scientists learn through trial and error, failure educates us. And as long as we don’t let it make us feel bad, it strengthens us. We damage our muscles when we lift weights, but the muscles heal back bigger and stronger. Failure can also yield increased power.
To increase your rate of success, you must increase your rate of failure. In other words, you’ve got to try things – a lot. Learning from failure and not letting it bog you down will make it easier to persevere and ultimately succeed.
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