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Failure as a source of motivation

Failure is a success!

By The Breatharian BloggerPublished 3 years ago 3 min read

It can be difficult to get oneself back on track after a failed venture, career, or experience of any type. It can make you want to lie in bed all day, sobbing or depressed. However, this is not the greatest approach to deal with failure. It's ridiculous to think you'll get through life without making errors. Failure does not define a person; it is how they handle failure and recover from it that defines them.

Before you can go on and learn from your mistakes, you must first understand what went wrong. Checking your ego at the door and thoroughly assessing the problem from an outside perspective is an important component of this process. Make no excuses and be completely honest with yourself.

Friends aren't only there to laugh at your bad mistakes, contrary to common belief or personal experience. Friends can provide you with the ideal mix of comic relief and practical counsel. Above all, they'll tell you what you need to know rather than what you want to know. As a result, it's critical to pick your mates carefully in life!

Furthermore, receiving negative feedback on your work may be demotivating and even infuriating. But what good is having a solid support system if the counsel you receive offends you? It's not only about people cheering you up after a failure; it's also about taking responsibility and admitting why it failed in the first place.

If you know the reasons why you have failed, you will not repeat the same mistakes twice. These will lead to your success in the future. That is why failure is important in one's career, as it will shape up your career if you take it positively.

You should always be receptive to constructive criticism, even if you have completed a successful assignment. You should always try to develop yourself, which sometimes requires you to take it as it comes. It's not simple, and it does require some mental effort, but believe me when I say it'll be well worth it in the end.

If you want to be successful in life, you must strive for continuous improvement. Even if things are going successful, you must improve some things for yourself. There will always be things that need improvement. Do you know why? It is because nobody is perfect in this world, and there is room for improvement in every task you perform.

Never be scared to solicit truthful feedback. It's all too easy to become wrapped up in a personal project that we see through rose-colored glasses. People will want to assist you, but you must be willing to accept assistance. If you are shown a mirror, it will assist you in correcting your errors.

Keep on, even if you haven't figured out how to fix the failed assignment. Clean your flat, arrange your office, and go for a run. Do something, anything, that will be beneficial in some way. Only purposefully ruining your momentum is worse than failing. If you stick with it, you'll ultimately figure out what's causing the bottleneck and how to fix it.

Unfortunately, failure is an inevitable part of the process. It's how you improve at something. Do you want to know what it's like to actually fail in something? You are so scared of it that you refuse to leave your comfort zone. This is the real failure if you do not overstep that comfort bubble of yours. Accept that failure will happen and that it will not be the first time. Maintain a positive attitude and persevere until you attain your goals. Take failure as an opportunity to grow!

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