I have been wanting to write this musing for a while now....and today I was inspired by this very topic....failure. I failed and kept failing all day on playing a little song I wrote....6 hrs worth of failing......but, I think the right things will happen tomorrow because I kept at it and with each bad recording I learned something new...something that had to be adjusted technique wise...timing wise and so on..
I never really think about the word "fail" until I hear people saying why they didn't do something....they failed at whatever.....I have had friends that thought like that.....I always smile at that because I am constantly failing.....I am expert on failing....I actually like to fail because then I know what I am doing is challenging and when I do accomplish it .....it will come with a rewarding feeling. I get bored quickly when there is no challenge...so the difficult or complex is very exciting to me and failure goes hand in hand with difficult and complex anything....
I have always thought that failing should be taught in schools...not success....people see success as not failing...but, the reality is that there is much failing before success is achieved....
As in anything, there is a right way to fail and a wrong way....the wrong way is to simply give up.....the right way is to figure out why you failed.....and determine what other approaches can be taken...and that process keeps on until success is reached.....I do a lot of different activities and always have....something new or a new approach....with this kind of mindset comes a lot of failing...I expect it...I always have found things to be difficult to achieve so I just keep failing until I get it right....I just keep "bumbling" along as I like to say :-)
A side topic of failing is not wanting to be wrong... a lot of people who are reticent are like that.... they don't want to say something as they might be told they are wrong by either someone who knows more...or who doesn't....sometimes people who are considered to be knowledgable get to be like this....as if anyone is expected to know everything....this is another area that I excel in...being wrong...and I am happy to state what I think , in hopes that someone will set me straight if what I think is not quite right or I have misunderstood something....I have found thruout my life that people who know things and are knowledgable love to tell people ....who are either wrong or clueless ...what they know.....It is a great way to learn or get ideas....and even have other options to consider...I have no problem with being considered clueless or wrong....because , in my mind, it is tangible results that matter not an intangible feeling of "being right"...the more a person knows....the better chance of a successful result....so, if someone wants to inform me...I am happy to listen ....
There is one more area that is on my mind but is a little off topic...one thing always seems to lead to another...
Sometimes people feel they will be considered weak or dumb if they ask for help and don't seek the help they need with whatever.......I look at that another way... based on my personal experience, I ask anyone I consider knowledgable for help and also I am asked a lot to help people in my areas of limited expertise....I feel good when someone needs help and I can give it to them and I don't really give a thought that they , who asked me, are lacking in any way. For my part, I seek out the most knowledgable people I can find that will talk to me and I put myself in their hands and listen carefully.....
Every famous person has gone thru failure and hardships on their path to success.....Bill Gates' first business failed...when he and his partner tried to sell their product...it wouldn't work !!...Einstein didn't speak until he was 4 yrs old and his teachers weren't happy with him as he had his head "in the clouds".....Jim Carrey used to be homeless....Stephen King's first novel was rejected 30 times... I could go on and on as I researched this before I started the musing...all these stories inspired me....Even though these people failed, they are not failures and neither are we, when we fail on our path to success .....it is to be expected....
To summarize...based on my personal experience...I have found that it is not failing or being considered wrong that limits a person's progress ...it is the FEAR of failing and the fear of being perceived as wrong or weak that limit's them.....
QUOTES:
This is my favorite one:
“Success is stumbling from failure to failure with no loss of enthusiasm.” - Winston Churchill
It's fine to celebrate success but it is more important to heed the lessons of failure.-
Bill Gates
I know this one to be true :
If you want to increase your success rate, double your failure rate.
Thomas J. Watson
Without failure there is no achievement.
John C. Maxwell
Success is not built on success. It's built on failure. It's built on frustration. Sometimes its built on catastrophe.
Sumner Redstone
The difference between average people and achieving people is their perception of and response to failure.
John C. Maxwell
Personal Note:...I loved writing this musing...I was so happy and enthused as I wrote...I look forward to my next failing...it will come soon, I am sure :-)
I never really think about the word "fail" until I hear people saying why they didn't do something....they failed at whatever.....I have had friends that thought like that.....I always smile at that because I am constantly failing.....I am expert on failing....I actually like to fail because then I know what I am doing is challenging and when I do accomplish it .....it will come with a rewarding feeling. I get bored quickly when there is no challenge...so the difficult or complex is very exciting to me and failure goes hand in hand with difficult and complex anything....
I have always thought that failing should be taught in schools...not success....people see success as not failing...but, the reality is that there is much failing before success is achieved....
As in anything, there is a right way to fail and a wrong way....the wrong way is to simply give up.....the right way is to figure out why you failed.....and determine what other approaches can be taken...and that process keeps on until success is reached.....I do a lot of different activities and always have....something new or a new approach....with this kind of mindset comes a lot of failing...I expect it...I always have found things to be difficult to achieve so I just keep failing until I get it right....I just keep "bumbling" along as I like to say :-)
A side topic of failing is not wanting to be wrong... a lot of people who are reticent are like that.... they don't want to say something as they might be told they are wrong by either someone who knows more...or who doesn't....sometimes people who are considered to be knowledgable get to be like this....as if anyone is expected to know everything....this is another area that I excel in...being wrong...and I am happy to state what I think , in hopes that someone will set me straight if what I think is not quite right or I have misunderstood something....I have found thruout my life that people who know things and are knowledgable love to tell people ....who are either wrong or clueless ...what they know.....It is a great way to learn or get ideas....and even have other options to consider...I have no problem with being considered clueless or wrong....because , in my mind, it is tangible results that matter not an intangible feeling of "being right"...the more a person knows....the better chance of a successful result....so, if someone wants to inform me...I am happy to listen ....
There is one more area that is on my mind but is a little off topic...one thing always seems to lead to another...
Sometimes people feel they will be considered weak or dumb if they ask for help and don't seek the help they need with whatever.......I look at that another way... based on my personal experience, I ask anyone I consider knowledgable for help and also I am asked a lot to help people in my areas of limited expertise....I feel good when someone needs help and I can give it to them and I don't really give a thought that they , who asked me, are lacking in any way. For my part, I seek out the most knowledgable people I can find that will talk to me and I put myself in their hands and listen carefully.....
Every famous person has gone thru failure and hardships on their path to success.....Bill Gates' first business failed...when he and his partner tried to sell their product...it wouldn't work !!...Einstein didn't speak until he was 4 yrs old and his teachers weren't happy with him as he had his head "in the clouds".....Jim Carrey used to be homeless....Stephen King's first novel was rejected 30 times... I could go on and on as I researched this before I started the musing...all these stories inspired me....Even though these people failed, they are not failures and neither are we, when we fail on our path to success .....it is to be expected....
To summarize...based on my personal experience...I have found that it is not failing or being considered wrong that limits a person's progress ...it is the FEAR of failing and the fear of being perceived as wrong or weak that limit's them.....
QUOTES:
This is my favorite one:
“Success is stumbling from failure to failure with no loss of enthusiasm.” - Winston Churchill
It's fine to celebrate success but it is more important to heed the lessons of failure.-
Bill Gates
I know this one to be true :
If you want to increase your success rate, double your failure rate.
Thomas J. Watson
Without failure there is no achievement.
John C. Maxwell
Success is not built on success. It's built on failure. It's built on frustration. Sometimes its built on catastrophe.
Sumner Redstone
The difference between average people and achieving people is their perception of and response to failure.
John C. Maxwell
Personal Note:...I loved writing this musing...I was so happy and enthused as I wrote...I look forward to my next failing...it will come soon, I am sure :-)
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