Reflection on Failure
Failure, Ouch!
That is a word that we don’t want to hear about. Failure is what most leaders and executives dread and fear.
But what does failure really mean?
According to the dictionary, failure means: (1) a lack of success; something or someone that proves to be unsuccessful, (2) nonperformance of something due, required, or expected, (3) a subnormal quantity or quality, or (4) deterioration or decay.
That’s why most people, including CEOs and senior executives, regardless of their industry are afraid of failure and spend countless times and energy finding ways to avoid failure.
Of course, there are benefits to thinking about failure, so we can plan better and come up with contingency plans and alternatives. However, sometimes, despite all our intention, decisions, and efforts, we perceive that we have failed.
Once you feel this way, you automatically come up with two perspectives:
- You continue to ruminate on your perceived failure, beat yourself up, thus letting the problem consume all your time and energy, and as a consequence live trapped in the past or...
- You choose to adopt a different perspective and consider your failure as a feedback mechanism to let you know that you may need to change something – that could be your ideas, perspective, plan, expectations, and/or actions.
These are the two most common ways to look at failure… What I would like to share with you is another way to look at failure – which is not exclusive but complementary to the second perspective.
What if failure was to be seen as the line of least persistence?
Consider the following two quotes:
“Ambition is the path to success. Persistence is the vehicle you arrive in.” – Bill Bradley
“A little more persistence, a little more effort and what seemed hopeless failure may turn to glorious success.” – Elbert Hubbard
The key to persistence is to be crystal clear on what matters most to you. It’s about being clear and certain about the reason why you keep showing up day in and day out. It’s the reason why you persist in your life, in your business, or in your career?
I once was told that “persistence supersedes talent, genetic, and luck” and that persistence guarantees that results are inevitable.
So, next time you find yourself focusing on the possibility to fail and what to do to avoid it, why not spend a moment to remind yourself WHY you keep going forward - pushing through in life and business day a day – no matter what comes your way, because this is and will continue to be the reason of your success…
In Nutshell:
- There is no failure, only feedback to help you refine your course of action.
- Persistence supersedes talent, genetics, and luck, and it comes from being really clear and certain of your reason WHY you keep going.
- Destiny is built by persistence, and persistence guarantees that results are inevitable.
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