I’ve been doing a lot of new things lately. And failing too. For years I avoided doing new things because it made me feel stupid. Too much room for “failure” it seemed. When I was young, I tried ballet, the sax, the flute, soccer, marathon running – a number of things that made me feel completely awkward so I quit before I got good. As a kid I guess I never learned about learning. Awkwardness IS the road to learning. FAILURE is the road to succeeding.
Here’s some goodies to note:
Winston Churchill failed 6th grade.
Thomas Edison made 1000 failed attempts before inventing the light bulb.
Walt Disney was fired by a newspaper because “he lacked imagination”.
Ask any business owner who has succeeded and you’ll find out about the many failures they had along the way. As I continue to integrate new tools into my practice, there has been some amazing successes as well as some colossal failures. I guess I’m on my way to more success!
I hope you give yourself permission to fail too.
