Why Failures Aren't Bad

 In a world where failure is looked upon as less than. Nothing could be farther than the truth. When we fail, we have a reference point. It allows us to know why something didn't work. Maybe it was the timing. Maybe it was a missed step or opportunity. This is not making excuses. This is about looking at why the goal wasn't accomplished.

When your able to look at the goal and take apart each step. It makes it easier to see at what part of the formula or process of steps it was working and where it went off the rails. It makes it easier to document your thinking process. Sometimes there will be multiple ways to get to an end result. Sometimes that isn't the case. Someone might have reached the GOAL but not known how keep it and grow. Sometimes you are educating your mentor without even knowing it.

Wealth creation has many roads to it. Depending on what your goal is? Some will set you up to fail. Some will help to mentor you. Mentors is another ball or wax. Knowing what you are looking for in a mentor when looking for one. Every time we make a misstep we are actually learning something. Therefore, it isn't really a failure. Those from the outside looking in tend to hand out their criticism as though it's knowledge. When they've never even tried to create anything.

Research is your friend, but you need to take steps to find out if that research is sound. Only when you've reached your destination successfully or unsuccessfully do you know for sure. Even your past failures, can be great lessons for you to look back on what worked and what didn't and why! Schools on the other hand punish failure. They aren't really places of education. They're places of behavior training.

There are many ways to learn. Reading, training and trial and error. So next time you're beating yourself up for stumbling. Take a step back and look at what you did right and then tear apart where it went wrong so you can find your solution.

Penny J. (Raven Hawke)