Can You Have Success Without Failure?

For some reason we think that any kind of a ‘failure’ is a sign of, well, failure!  

The word ‘failure’ strikes fear into the hearts and minds of most people, doesn’t it? 

It’s just so laden with bad vibes, I can’t think of a time the word ‘failure’ has ever been linked to anything happy or inspiring. 

The attached quote is one of my all time favorites, failure is really the unsung hero of any success. 

Because of the times when success isn’t achieved, the product, service, event, relationships, job, presentation, invention, whatever it is, is all the better for it when success finally comes. 

Why? 

Because “failing” is merely learning. You didn’t fail at walking, using the toilet, eating solids, learning how to dress yourself, or any of the other 1000’s of things you had to learn to do as you grew up.

What have you “failed” at only to then go and succeed at it? 

How did that happen?

• You learned new skills and you had another go 

• You gained new knowledge and you had another go 

• You made a new plan and you had another go 

• You talked to other people about it and you had another go 

• You trusted yourself and you had another go 

• You pulled yourself out of the funk of “failure” and you had another go 

• You built some mental, emotional or physical muscle and you had another go 

• You looked at what other people are doing and you had another go 

• You decided to do something completely out of the box and you had another go 

• You invested in yourself and you had another go 

• You asked someone for help and you had another go 

• You hired someone to work with you on it and you had another go 

• You found new success strategies and you had another go 

• You rebuilt your energy and resources and you had another go 

• You never stopped thinking about how you could be successful and you had another go 

That’s all “failure” is right, a time when success has not been achieved…….yet.

“Failure” is a miss-used word. 

Don’t allow the poor use of language to get in the way of what you want to achieve.