“Try, Fail, Try Again, Succeed”

Failure.

Ask as  child what they want to be when they grow up and you’ll probably receive a million different answers. One you certainly won’t receive is “failure”. Nobody wants to be a failure.

Why? What is so frightening about “failure”?

Everyone, and I do mean everyone, fails.

• Thomas Edison failed 10,000 times prior to finding the correct material for his lightbulb filament
• The best passer in the NFL, Drew Brees, failed on 26% of his pass attempts
• The best hitter in MLB, Mookie Betts, failed on 67% of his trips to the plate

So again, what is so frightening about failure?

Nothing should frighten us concerning failure. Failure can be overcome.

But how?

Ya gotta keep on keeping on. Keep on trying.

When a baseball player like Mookie Betts “gets in a slump”, he doesn’t “give up” swinging. He watches video, asks a coach or teammate for advice, or takes extra practice. He may even ask to bat in a different spot in the batting order.

When golfers “lose their touch on the green”, they too, consult a coach, practice more, or maybe even switch out their putter to improve their confidence.

Do you see? They do something, anything, rather than accept their current state.

That’s how you avoid failure – you take action to change your status!

Ah now, the best part of all this is –  the action you take is all up to you.

You can choose to take whatever action you think will bring you the outcome you desire. You can read a book, talk to a friend, or search the internet. If  those don’t work (fail) you can always try a different book, friend, refine your search, or try something totally different. You have an infinite number of attempts to succeed but only a finite amount of time.

How badly do you want to beat it?

What’s holding you back?

Go! Beat today’s failures today, so you can have a better tomorrow, tomorrow.