Nobody likes failing. In fact that’s the reason why if super powers were to be created, many would in the failure-repellant lotion. Personally I loathe failing, I’d rather not attempt than failing. In light of this, here are five reasons why failure is worthy and hence you and I should not be afraid to try.
Failure builds your character
This world is not for the faint hearted, a person has to have the character in his armory to withstand all that the vicious life bowls at him. Failing is the best bet that you can use to build your character. After the sulking, weeping, brooding, sleepless nights, teeth gnashing, regretting, you come out of a failure episode stronger and more ready to kick ass. Next time you get the same challenge, you will be assured in crashing it with a bat of an eyelid. With that, an individual will have acquired the skills of identifying the trip wires and pits that exist in the activity he is undertaking. In addition, failure makes you to be able to deal with disappointments that might arise in future. It makes you master the art of picking up the pieces after every failed attempt and try again. You might be aware of the story of the guy who invented the bulb. He tried like 1000 times before he got the right combination. He never quit.
Failure makes you notice other better avenues
Sometimes people are blinded in whatever they are pursuing. Maybe it is an ego thing. Yaani the only way for him/her to detach is if he/she hits the failure wall, hard in the face. The problem of being obsessed with only one avenue is that you might be missing better avenues on the side. It mostly happens in romantic relationships. Somebody is so engrossed in chasing after some girl who clearly does not want him while overlooking others who are ripe and ready to be harvested right under his nose. After being publicly humiliated in some official dinner, be assured the guy will end up settling for the available and willing lass around the corner.
Failure removes complacency
Success always breeds complacency. The successful individual will gradually start to drop guard assuming the success is there to stay. This would be suicidal because a single blow might bring the individual to his knees in whatever he is undertaking. But if the guy is subjected to occasional flop, he wouldn’t be able to loosen up in any way. This will prevent a large scale failure which might be a catastrophe to him. Failure also makes you think of better ways of improving yourself or your business. That means it will switch the innovation button on. Most companies bring forth new products because of a failure of another one. The new product might go a long way improving the revenues of the company.
Failure removes pride
Nobody likes pride. Scratch that, nobody like to see his neighbor seething with pride and arrogance. People will kill not to see you sitting in your verandah counting your money aloud. Trust me people will always look forward to the day you will fail for them to laugh and pop imaginary champagnes to that. You see, acting like you are the only guy with a wild card to heaven does not auger well with anybody. It feels the same as when accidentally; water/tea enters your lungs. An endless success run will give rise to smugness and that’s why failure is needed to square things up. Anyway, a successful guy needs to fail once in a while just to make the always unsuccessful guys to sleep at night *cue in Manchester united anthem*
Failure makes you to be aware of your weaknesses
The moment you approach that girl, try to vibe her in English, then get seriously stuck after saying ‘hi am natb’ is when you will acknowledge that public speaking and marketing is not going to be the career paths that you would consider going for. Unless you try something out and you seriously fall on your butt, you might not be able to know your weaknesses. It is obvious you do not know your strengths if you do not know your weaknesses. That means that you will be operating on average gears because you might not be on the strong-point career path of your life. Sometimes you will be able to notice your weaknesses when it is too late to do something about it.
Boom box playlist:
No Matter What – T.I
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