When we are taking risks, we should expect failure. Not every plan will succeed. As we take on new challenges, let us prepare for mistakes, and the more we challenge ourselves, the more we should anticipate errors. Without failure, where is growth?
Few people who were immense successes in their fields were that from day one. They failed, repeatedly. The works of Einstein, Da Vinci, and Edison are well-publicized, and many more exist. Elvis Presley was told he could not sing and not invited to join the choir, Stephen King had his first novel rejected over 30 times before a publisher accepted him, the Dyson vacuum was a success after over 5,000 mistakes, JK Rowling was living on welfare, and Harland David Sander’s famous chicken recipe was rejected over 1,000 times. By most accounts, we would not persevere with such immense failure.
When mistakes and failure occur, recognize, accept and move on. However, if we want to progress and improve, we should anticipate these mistakes and even measure them to assess our advancement.
