The one thing you can NEVER avoid

The F-word that many people are afraid to say:

Failure.

Did you know that people who avoid failure, also avoid success?

How many times did Thomas Edison fail before succeeding at inventing the light bulb?

Literally thousands of times! That's a lot of unsuccessful attempts. Many people would have quit after the first 100. But he did not give up and kept on pushing forward with his vision in mind. And now, thanks to Edison; we are able to light up our homes, businesses and buildings with his work.

All because he did NOT give up!

Elon Musk went bankrupt in order to pursue his dream. Everyone expected SpaceX to fail. Tesla was failing hard before it became profitable. PayPal was initially voted as 'the worst business concept of the year'! Yet Elon never gave up and kept on pushing forward.

Now he is the richest person in the world!

As you look through many success stories; the one thing that nearly is always consistent with them, is that at one point in time, they were all failing miserably. Yet giving up was never an option!

Doubting yourself is normal. Letting it stop you is a choice. - Mel Robbins

Yes, failure is definitely hard. But once you turn those failures into a learning experience; you will look back and actually be happy that you failed, as it allowed you to gain more knowledge from that experience itself. Most of the times, all we need to do is to simply change our strategy instead of giving up completely.

Failure is nothing more than a chance to revise your strategy.

Many people will always tend to first jump to this one question when either pursuing something or trying something new - " What if I fail?"

Well, what if you do fail? Its only up to you of what you'll do after that. It's all in your mindset. You can always come back from anything no matter how bad the situation is. But you first must accept your failure in order to move forward. Every failure is a lesson and if you are not willing to fail, then you are not ready to succeed. Failure is not the opposite of success; it is part of success.

Only those who dare to fail greatly can ever achieve greatly. - Robert Kennedy