It’s been said that experience is the best teacher. However, that’s not completely true. If experience is the best teacher, then people who have accumulated loads of experience would be much wiser than those with less. However, we can see in our society it’s not true. Many people are no different today than 20 years ago.
Instead of having 20 years of experience many people simply have the same experience 20 times over. The former have learned from their experiences and keep growing to improve. The latter repeat their mistakes and often wonder why their lives are no different year after year.
One of the best learning opportunities is from our failures. We try to avoid failure at all costs. However, when we take risks and fail, we can learn lessons to apply to our next attempts. Every failure has the potential to teach us valuable lessons.
The next time you fail, take some time to reflect on the following questions:
- What went wrong?
- What part did I play?
- What was out of my control?
- What can I do differently next time?
- What is the key lesson from this failure?
- What will I do differently next time?
When you take on the posture of learning from failure, you will fear it less and be willing to take more risks. Failure isn’t final if you learn and grow from it. If you adopt the mindset of growing through your failures, you can keep moving forward in your life and be stronger because of the lessons you learn. Don’t let failure paralyze you. Learn from it and let it help you become the person you were created to be.
Be Intentionally Great today!
