It’s everybody’s phenomenon to celebrate and reward his or herself on achieving some heart desires. But when was the last time you rewarded yourself for failing? Probably never! Instead, you get disappointed and your desire to achieve that goal gradually dims.
Come to think of it, have you ever had a deep thought about the possible bond between failure and success? If not, PERSISTENCE is the basic bond. Take a critical look at this instance, influential personalities like the Adenugas’, Arisekolas’ to mention a few actually had the idea for business. They had there ways rough to achieving this. It came a time; stumbling blocks became their stepping stones. They got their victory because they persisted and focused on their dreams. They embraced failure and made judicious use of the lessons learnt from it to succeed.
I would recommend four (4) secrets for turning your failures into success by Richard Fenton which would help ignite your desire to be persistent in the pursuit of your set goals.
1. CHANGE YOUR MENTAL MODEL OF SUCCESS AND FAILURE. Don’t see yourself in between success & failure like this: SUCCESS - YOU- FAILURE but rather, view it as YOU – FAILURE- SUCCESS.
2. INTENTIONALLY INCREASE YOUR FAILURE RATE. You can adopt the ‘GO for NO’ concept i.e. the more people tell you ‘no’, the closer you will get to ultimate success. In other words, the more people tell you ‘no’ now, the more people telling you ‘yes’ in the long term.
3. CELEBRATE YOUR FAILURES NOT JUST SUCCESSES. This definitely would enable you persist in that pursuit of your goal. For instance, if you purchase yourself a bottle of soft drink after every success you make, do that also when you fail. Then, say to yourself that ‘I am a step closer to successes.
4. SEE COURAGE AS A MUSCLE. No matter how though the going may be, have courage within yourself that you will succeed in that pursuit of yours. This would encourage you to persist more.
Finally, to achieve significant excellence in today’s world, failure wouldn’t be just a possibility, but a requirement. Your ability to keep on trying would definitely drive you into achieving an outstanding success in that pursuit of yours.
