How has a failure, or apparent failure, set you up for later success?
I don’t think I have ever had a meaningful success that didn’t have some kind of total failure in its timeline.
I lost all of one semester and most of another on my way to my late life college graduation. The key was that I went right back as soon as I could and picked up where I left off. I had attempted and quit college so many times prior to finally making it, and making it was largely a matter of embracing my failures.
Embracing failure has made me more successful and my life happier. When you’re no longer humiliated by failure, it reduces fear and stress. Failure is temporary, after all. It’s part of the journey. I certainly learn a lot more from my stumbling blocks than from gliding down Easy Street.
Easy Street is a dead end, by the way. Anything worth doing is going to be down Difficult Avenue.
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