Failure! One of the worst nightmares that some would like to avoid. However, probably most also know that great success is build on failures. Since we know that, or have seen that; why do we still afraid of failures? We should have had the mindset of “every failure is a step closer to success“.
Maybe it’s the emotion part of us that is afraid of failure. Can you imagine the emotional torture that you’ll be going through? It can be very painful. And how would you feel when people start looking at you with tinted glasses?
We would feel this way because we attached failures to pain. We put an painful emotion to failures. Sub-consciously we got that “when I failed, I ought to feel painful” belief deep within us. As long as we failed in anything, it triggers the emotion in us.
But really, what is failure? Failure is merely an event that did not turn out to be your desire result. In this event, we attached meanings into it, we placed our emotions into it. Now this event means something to somebody.
If failure is merely an event which is neutral, and we are the one who placed any meaning to it, then couldn’t we also be the one to change the meaning?
If we could attached a joyful emotion into failures, shouldn’t the meaning of failures changed? When you fail in any task, and you go, “YEAH! I have learn something or now I know this doesn’t work.” Wouldn’t you feel better?
Failure makes us wiser. But we must learn from it, get something out of it, that’s how we grow as human. If you get nothing out of each failure, you will face with it again until you learn your lesson. Once you learn from it, you are one step closer to success.
If every failure brings us a step closer to success, shouldn’t we feel excited when we fail? It means we are moving closer towards our goals.
