Learning from failure

One of the best lessons I continue to learn throughout my life is the power of failure. We all want to be successful. We want to get things right, but when we fail or make a mistake, we learn how to do things right the next time.

If there’s one thing about society that I would change with a snap of my fingers, it would be to make it so that failure came with less of a sting. Failure is often a good thing. It teaches us, but unfortunately, we’ve been bitten too many times that we run from it or try to hide from it.

I’m rerunning a blog from a number of years ago where I wrote about one of the biggest mistakes I ever made as a writer. The mistake hurt, but it taught me a valuable lesson, one that I’ve been careful to never repeat.

Let me know what you think? Can you relate? What’s the biggest mistake you’ve ever made on the job or at home?

Yikes, I messed up: The power of failure

“The secret of life is to fall seven times and to get up eight times.” —Paulo Coelho

“I can accept failure. Everyone fails at something. But I can’t accept not trying.” ―Michael Jordan

“Our greatest glory is not in never failing, but in rising every time we fail.” ―Confucius

“There is no innovation and creativity without failure. Period.” ―Brene Brown