You Failed, So What! Tips To Use Failure As Fuel For Growth

Behind every success story is an embarrassing first effort, a stumble, a setback or a radical change of direction. It’s these first clumsy steps on the road to fame and fortune that fascinate writer Seth Fiegerman, who edits the blog OpeningLines.org, a collection of case studies on the origins of famous careers.

Smithsonian magazine By Amy Crawford

Failure and setbacks, far from being uncommon, are in many ways essential.

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The very first step is to realize that you’re not alone: fear of failure paralyzes everyone who’s attempting to do something new and unpredictable. Believe it or not, that’s good news.

Since fear paralyzes almost everyone, it means that it’s also going to minimalize your competition. Even if there are people whose entrepreneurial skills are a lot better than yours, if all they do is wait at the sidelines doing nothing, while you do take action despite your fears and concerns, your chances of success increase dramatically.

As Theodor Roosevelt said:

“In any situation, the best thing you can do is the right thing; the next best thing you can do is the wrong thing; the worst thing you can do is nothing.”......

Failure and fault are virtually inseparable in most households, organizations, and cultures. Every child learns at some point that admitting failure means taking the blame. That is why so few organizations have shifted to a culture of psychological safety in which the rewards of learning from failure can be fully realized.

This concern is based on a false dichotomy. In actuality, a culture that makes it safe to admit and report on failure can—and in some organizational contexts must—coexist with high standards for performance. To understand why, look at the exhibit “A Spectrum of Reasons for Failure,” which lists causes ranging from deliberate deviation to thoughtful experimentation.

President Bush:

Bush poked fun at his average college record while at the Ivy League school. "And to you 'C' students, you too can be president of the United States," he said to a crowd that rippled with laughter.
 
The president also got in a good-natured jab at his vice president, who attended Yale for a time. "A Yale degree is worth a lot, as I often remind Dick Cheney, who studied here but left a little early," Bush said. "So now we know, if you graduate from Yale, you become president. If you drop out, you get to be vice president."

Maria and I came up with a saying, "We're not quitters, we're failures!" We'd rather fail a class three times and eventually pass it than quit and resign ourselves to the idea that we "just can't get it." That kind of sob-story defeatism has to be expunged from your mind.  By Nick Horton.

Find the value in failure.

If you’re looking for a job and you don’t ace an interview, you could either decide you failed at that interview, or you succeeded in learning something to help you in the next—which might be an even better opportunity than the one that just past. As the Dalai Lama said, “Sometimes not getting what you want is a wonderful stroke of luck.”

I could give you all types of statistics for entrepreneurs and companies that eventually succeeded after abundant failures, but I’m not only talking about monetary success. I’m talking about personal success—bouncing back from a disappointment and continuing to move forward on the path that makes you happy.

I believe the greatest achievement in life is the choice to be empowered, not paralyzed, by a disappointment. There is no greater success than the ability to take responsibility for your joy.

Act on what you’ve learned.  By Lori Deschene

In the end, the same optimism that had kept me from closing my business kept me going throught my business failure. It helped me to put a positive spin on the situation. Well, one thing lead to another, and here I am today... with this Hungry Entrepreneur business website!

When dealing with your own business failure, try to concentrate on what you've learned from the experience. In fact, you may realize that yourfailed business may have been a blessing in disguise! Take the knowledge you've gained and apply it to your next venture. (You're still an entrepreneur, right?)

Because of my business failure, I decided to try to help business owners avoid failure. You know, wherever there's entrepreneurs, there's going to be failed business. That's just a fact entrepreneurs need to face.

Mistakes are simply a form of practice. – Every great artist was once an amateur.  The sooner you get comfortable with practicing and making mistakes, the quicker you’ll learn the skills and knowledge necessary to master your art.  You’ll never be 100% sure it will work, but you can always be 100% sure doing nothing won’t work.  So get out there and try again.  Either you succeed or you learn a vital lesson.

Remember, no matter how many mistakes you make or how slow you progress, you are still way ahead of everyone who isn’t trying.  Don’t waste your time being upset about something you can’t change.  Start over right now, implement....

BY: ANGEL CHERNOFF

Failure is the biggest teacher of them all.  I have learnt more from my venture that failed than four ventures, which succeeded.  It makes you humble again, it brings you down to earth.  Before my failure, I thought anything I will touch will become Gold and it did.  When I dissected my first bust, it came down to being too cocky and not preparing enough to execute it right.

Failure allowed me to get back to the basics again and put all I got in it. Off course for a little while I could not believe it but I got up fairly fast and started again. This time with everything i got again. 

Use Emotional Intelligence To Rise Above Failure. Here are two key factors of emotional intelligence that are crucial to peak performance as an entrepreneur....

By:  Adam Toren

Even if you fail at something, take heart from the fact that you tried it. One of the biggest regrets in life is not trying to do something you wanted to. Also, a small failure leaves you with something much more valuable than a small success - experience.

The only thing in life you have control over is your perspective. No matter what happens, YOU control what the meaning is, and what to do with the meaning you give to the circumstance.

Have more fear of regret than failure.
Failure is only part of the journey to success. There is not one success story out there that hasn’t experienced failure. The reason you are hearing about it as a success story is because those people saw failure as a tool to get it right.
It’s not about what you want to do for a living, it’s about you who want to be. What is your purpose and legacy?  JEN GROOVER

I still don’t completely buy the whole in-your-face, branded notion that is “fail fast”. However, this event proved that getting together and discussing each other’s low points is nothing but positive in entrepreneurship.

Montreal angel investor and serial entrepreneur Austin Hill’s story was quite touching, and I think much of the audience enjoyed it. BY JOSEPH CZIKK

Summing up what I learned in just one line ‘You never fail as an entrepreneur, You Give Up’. But you are not here for just one line, are you? Yes, I do have a lot to say and that’s why I decided to…

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