I hope you FAIL. It’s good for you.
I’ll be a father soon, so forgive me if I’m thinking in examples with kids in them.
When my little boy or girl gets ready to let go of the coffee table for their first stroll across the floor, it’s NOT gonna be pretty. By my standards (because I walk SO WELL<wink>), it will probably be pretty embarrassing. Worst, THEY WILL eventually fall.. or fail. So, when that moment comes, do I just buy padded pants for my kid and give up on them ever walking?
nope…
FALLING is success [if you get up!]. In fact, every time you fall, you learn a lesson. Falling becomes less common.
Some of the steps that Im taking right now are pretty ugly (to me anyway). They are unorganized and wobbly. I fail constantly, but THAT is the part I learn the MOST from.
If you are not failing, you are not trying anything really challenging, are you?
Please comment below. Correct me if I’m wrong
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Absolutely, and right along with that; if you don’t have the storms, how would you appreciate the beauty of a sunny day? You have to have the down or dark side to realize when it’s better or you would never know the difference~
Karen, so true. We can all become numb to what is good. I think storms definitely make the sunny days brighter!
To not try is to fail. ~Shannan
Nice Sha.. I may use that!
Hey Kev, great, shocking topic that begs a read of the blog, which turns out to be inspiring and true. This is one of the easiest-to-spot differences between individuals I’ve known who are more and less successful. It’s not IF they fail, because inevitably they both have and will again, but HOW they fail that separates them on the plane of success.
True Adam. I think we all want to succeed at what we try, the problem is, we don’t try. We get stuck in “Analysis Paralysis”… we never get past the “what if”
Amazing life App.
Adam… good point… I think you can be most successful failing, if you’re failing doing what you love. If success is a goal for an individual, it is usually primarily driven by the primal motive of survival… I think in that case, a person would do anything to fail…
Hey Guys, here’s an interesting stat on FAILING BIG TIME.
http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/a/aaronha01.shtml?redir
Hank Aaron was a “homerun king” for sure.. but if you look at the stats.. he struck out MORE than he hit homeruns…
We are not defined by our failures. Usually, we are defined by our successes.
I may have to write on that!
Kevin
It is all about the ” try, try again”. If it is a passion and a calling how can you stop??
We all fail, it is about how much you care. If you don’t care you give up. If you do care you keep going, until there is nothing left.
I never thought about that Karen. How much you care determines if you try it again, huh?
Looking at it from a child development perspective, failing/falling is critical. The act of falling provides the feedback through the muscles, neurons, and the ears that force the development of new pathways in the brain. These new pathways improve the efficiency of the system allowing for better coordination and improved results when the child is faced with a similar situation in the future.
I think this is true for most situations, regardless of age. We don’t learn by getting it right. The best lesson is often the one that ends with a thud. We remember those and we take steps to prevent it. Thats not my clinical perspective, that’s from a father who has watched a few boo-boos happen.
I like what you said…
How true is that!
Thanks for your feedback Thomas!
What you say Thomas is very true. Having raised 7 children it is in the failing/falling they learn. They have to have something to “learn” from. But, also the caring is mixed with that. If the child didn’t see something they wanted, it wouldn’t matter as much if they fell down. They would probably sit there and play with their toes (G). In the wanting/caring about something it makes them try and try again to get up and go get it. We do the same with our things we care deeply about. We can fall/fail many times but we learn what to do and what not to do to make it right the next time. If we didn’t care it wouldn’t matter so much. Especially since most of us don’t like pain. It has to mean something~