Failure

Failure is your closest friend...

The majority of individuals appear to have a natural aversion to failure, yet in reality, failure is your closest friend. Because they try so many different things, successful people also experience a lot of failure. The most successful people also experience the most failures. Failure is neither evil nor shameful. The only thing I regret is that I never tried. Therefore, don't be hesitant to try new things in your quest to boost productivity. Jumping right in and doing something is sometimes the fastest way to see if it will work. Adjustments can always be made as you go. It is called the ready-fire-aim strategy, and unexpectedly, it performs far better than the more typical ready-aim-fire strategy. The reason for this is because once you've "fired," You can modify your goal based on some concrete information. Too many people spend too much time preparing and pondering before taking any action. How many excellent ideas have you lost because you were paralyzed by analytical paralysis (i.e., ready-aim-aim-aim...)?

Recognize that failure does not imply success. The necessary component of success is failure. When you triumph, nobody will ever recall your failures. Paul Allen and Bill Gates had several businesses before founding Microsoft. Who may recall that their first Traf-o-Data venture was a failure? When Jim Carey was a young comedian, he frequently left the stage to boos. Thomas Edison persisted in his efforts despite 10,000 failed experiments, which is why we have electric light bulbs today. If the word "failure" offends you, try framing it differently: either you succeed or you learn something.

You will benefit from letting go of your failure-related fears. If you're eager to accomplish a certain goal but worried you won't be able to delay it, go ahead and accomplish it. Even if your attempt fails, you will have learned something and can try again with more confidence. Today's great businesspeople, like myself, have experienced a succession of disastrous failures before finding something that worked. I believe the majority of these individuals will agree that their early failure experiences were a crucial role in their subsequent success.

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Anyone launching a new firm should start pumping out items or developing services without worrying too much about whether or not they'll get noticed. Most likely, they won't be. However, acting is far more effective than thinking when it comes to learning.