FAILURE IS ONLY TEMPORARY

Complacency is the enemy of performance. When I start getting comfortable, I know it’s time to raise the bar, shake things up, and take a risk. By definition, risk means the outcome is not guaranteed and there’s a real possibility that whatever it is you’re daring to do might not work. Any entrepreneur who makes it big will experience failure along the way, probably multiple times.

But keep in mind that big successes involve taking big risks; so doing things differently will mean falling on your face at times. And when that happens, you will get right back up, figure out how to do better next time, and get back in the game.

Quitting is not an option. Giving up for the wrong reasons is not an option. But failure is part of the territory. You do everything you can to prevent it of course, by focusing on everything within your control and letting the rest go.

To get anywhere or learn anything, you must take risks, and that means risking failure. When you learn to snowboard or wakeboard, you’ll end up falling down over and over again until you get it right. The only way to completely avoid failure is to completely avoid any kind of risk. There will be plenty of time for that when you are DEAD. And if you are so paralyzed by fear that you’re trying to live a risk-free life then you might as well be dead. Where is the thrill in that? The satisfaction? Failures are learning opportunities and each one is just another step on the ladder to where you’re headed.

Failing is like getting a “no” answer during a negotiation; it’s only temporary. It’s only an opportunity to listen better, learn more, and ask again in a different way.

Getting knocked down hurts, but it also galvanizes you to do better, to go for it just that much harder to make sure you don’t get knocked down next time. When determination to win takes over the fear of failure, you’ll know what I’m talking about. OOH-RAH!

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