“Failure”, I’m in love with you

"To be successful, you must learn to learn from failure?" – L Lewis

Failure is the stepping stone to success. There can be no success without failures ( unless you are good at hiding them). That’s because we learn by our mistakes. As kids we fell again and again. We made horrible mistakes, tore books, broke expensive articles and then gave that million dollar tear when caught. We cried, laughed and then smiled with honesty. We were always so upbeat and energetic. Every sad moment lasted only for moment and no more. There was so much to do and learn. There was always something to hope for.
Why did we lose this skill as adults?
Was it family, culture or self that caused this change....( food for thought). I don’t know and may never know what changed me. All I know, is that I need to understand that failure is the stepping stone to success. Failure is just another step in the path to success. I think that to have success, we must learn to celebrate failure. We need to pick some to the tips below.

1) Evaluate ourselves and the cause of the failure

2) Set your goals realistically. Aim high and be prepared to work hard. Its Ok to Make mistakes; criticize yourself and move on

3) learn to change the circumstances that led to failure (the hard bit). Never let failure make you sad and helpless. Its just a failure for Christ’s sake. Get up pick the pieces and walk again.

4) BE OPTIMISTIC (Really, this is very important). Be optimistic about everything in life. Spread the optimism, make it infectious and see the hope that goes around come around ;)

5) Forgive yourself and others for their mistakes.

6) Be nice to yourself and respect yourself. If you don’t respect yourself, why should others respect you?

7) Talk to someone honest, optimistic, mature and sensible.

8) Pray to God and be patient. Do your best and keep you eyes open for other possibilities. Never stare at the closed door for too long. You may not notice other newly opened doors.

Again, never give up!!!!!
Failure is an option (* conditions apply) Most successful people started with failure. Others managed to successfully cover their failures.
* Jumping from planes, tight ropes walking, fighting after beers etc are not covered by this statement.

Below are some people who didn’t manage to cover their failure… Ha ha ha. Have a read; pick yourself up and laugh ( there is hope).
Walt Disney: Today Disney rakes in billions from merchandise, movies and theme parks around the world, but Walt Disney himself had a bit of a rough start. He was fired by a newspaper editor because, "he lacked imagination and had no good ideas." After that, Disney started a number of businesses that didn't last too long and ended with bankruptcy and failure. He kept plugging along, however, and eventually found a recipe for success that worked.
Bill Gates: Gates didn't seem like a shoe-in for success after dropping out of Harvard and starting a failed first business with Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen called Traf-O-Data. While this early idea didn't work, Gates' later work did, creating the global empire that is Microsoft.
Albert Einstein: Most of us take Einstein's name as synonymous with genius, but he didn't always show such promise. Einstein did not speak until he was four and did not read until he was seven, causing his teachers and parents to think he was mentally handicapped, slow and anti-social. Eventually, he was expelled from school and was refused admittance to the Zurich Polytechnic School. It might have taken him a bit longer, but most people would agree that he caught on pretty well in the end, winning the Nobel Prize and changing the face of modern physics.
Isaac Newton: Newton was undoubtedly a genius when it came to math, but he had some failings early on. He never did particularly well in school and when put in charge of running the family farm, he failed miserably, so poorly in fact that an uncle took charge and sent him off to Cambridge where he finally blossomed into the scholar we know today.
Winston Churchill: This Nobel Prize-winning, twice-elected Prime Minster of the United Kingdom wasn't always as well regarded as he is today. Churchill struggled in school and failed the sixth grade. After school he faced many years of political failures, as he was defeated in every election for public office until he finally became the Prime Minister at the ripe old age of 62.
Oprah Winfrey: Most people know Oprah as one of the most iconic faces on TV as well as one of the richest and most successful women in the world. Oprah faced a hard road to get to that position, however, enduring a rough and often abusive childhood as well as numerous career setbacks including being fired from her job as a television reporter because she was "unfit for tv."
The Beatles: Few people can deny the lasting power of this super group, still popular with listeners around the world today. Yet, when they were just starting out, a recording company told them no. The were told "we don't like their sound, and guitar music is on the way out," two things the rest of the world couldn't have disagreed with more.
Michael Jordan: Most people wouldn't believe that a man often lauded as the best basketball player of all time was actually cut from his high school basketball team. Luckily, Jordan didn't let this setback stop him from playing the game and he has stated, "I have missed more than 9,000 shots in my career. I have lost almost 300 games. On 26 occasions I have been entrusted to take the game winning shot, and I missed. I have failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed."