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Formula For Overcoming Failure

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Recognize

What is failure? Is it permanent? Is there a second chance? Complete the sentence by circling the right phrase “a person is a failure when…”

  1. He makes a mistake;
  2. He quits;
  3. Someone thinks he is.

Review – Failure should be a teacher, not an undertaker. It is a temporary detour, not a dead end street. A winner is big enough to admit his mistakes, smart enough to profit from them and strong enough to correct them.

Repress – Perhaps your own personal problems and hang-ups caused the failure. If so, begin to work immediately on self-discipline. If you were the problem, put yourself under control. Lord Nelson, England’s famous naval hero, suffered from seasickness throughout his entire life. Yet the man who had destroyed Napoleon’s fleet did not let illness interfere with his career.

Re-adjust – An eminent plastic surgeon told of a boy who lost his hand at the wrist. When he asked the lad about his handicap, the boy replied, “I don’t have a handicap. I just don’t have a right hand.” The surgeon went on to discover that this boy was one of the leading scorers on his high school football team.

Re-enter – Mistakes mark the road to success. He who makes no mistakes makes no progress. Make sure you generate a reasonable number of mistakes. You can’t learn without mistakes. Some people can’t stand failure. But even the best people have a lot more failure than success.