5 Ways To Turn Your Failure Into A Profitable Lesson

Oh, how many times and ways have I
“failed,” let me count the ways. Failure is
definite. You will experience what you
deem to be “failure” at some point in life
and it will SUCK! The good news is failure,
or the perception of failing, is not
constant. It is a fleeting moment, which,
once recognized, can serve a spring board
to your next success and break through.
Here are Five Ways to Turn Failure into
Success:
1) Own Your Feelings:
So you failed an exam, you were passed
up for a promotion or the business you
started has folded due to the recession.
No matter the act or actions that caused
the failure, it is important to recognize
these feelings, what led to this outcome
and own it all. Bask in the feelings of
inadequacy, cry out loud, call your
therapist, heck, call your mother! But do
not dismiss this feeling of failure. You will
come to realize you never want to feel
this again and it can serve as motivation
to do better, learn more, take more risks
and try harder on future endeavors.
2) Learn the Lesson:
Nobody knows everything. Unfortunately,
I learn from my mistakes and what I did
wrong more than I learn from “doing
things right” the first time. Ask me if I
will ever interrupt a Judge while they are
speaking again. NOPE! Learned that
lesson, paid that price.
3) Understand Failure, and the feeling
of Failure, are temporary:
The feeling of being let down, or letting
others down is temporary. Failure is
temporary. Getting back up and trying
again is constant because you have to do
it over and over again after each
perceived failure.
4) Develop Alternate Means to
“Success”:
I have “failed” in relationships, both
personal and professional, numerous
times. After the end of each relationship,
I realized they all pushed me to desire
for more and to require better. A failed
endeavor is not a final say. I have
tweaked expectations and my own actions
to get to what I deem successful today, as
an older and wiser woman.
5) Share the Lesson:
Each one, teach one. I have a dear friend
who, despite the glow the God all up and
through her business, constantly shares
with me her struggles. The lack of
funding, the quieting of nay- sayers, the
lack of resources and how she has wanted
to quit so many times. From the outside
looking in, I would have never known
that. Knowing what she has been through
and how, despite the small failures, she
continues to persevere helps me on my
entrepreneurial journeys. She shares her
“failures” to teach me the beauty of
keeping it moving and not giving up.