A time that I have experienced failure was when I did not make the volleyball team in 7th grade. I did not have any knowledge of the game other than when we played it in PE but I still thought I had a chance of playing. When I first found out that I had not made the team I was upset because it was something that I wanted to be involved in. It also made me realize, however, that I should focus on sports that I really enjoyed. I also played soccer and I was able to use my volleyball experience to recognize my strengths in that sport. It helped me focus on positives in my abilities and not dwell on my weaknesses. I think that this failure has affected who I am today because it has taught me to always continue to better myself in areas that I know I can succeed, but also to work on areas that need improvements.
This particular failure will help in my ability to overcome the hurdles of being an entrepreneur because it taught me to not give up. Failure does not mean to completely end the process, but to look at the process from a different angle and make needed adjustments. Entrepreneurs are not always going to succeed, but the failures that they face are learning experiences. I believe that my particular failure was a great learning experience for me.
~ Adrianne Siler
Failure is absolutely essential to success. One of Honda's new slogans is "Failure; the key to success". I completely agree with this statement. Failure is the key to success when there is a lesson to be learned and useful knowledge to be gained from it. Just about every successful person or company that you can name has had one or more failures on the road to success. There is so much knowledge to be gained from failure and there is no shame in failing.
ReplyDeleteI have heard before that if you always when you are not learning. I beleive this to be true. It makes sense. If I keep winning that most likely means that I already know what I was being quized on and I did not have to really think during that time. When you loose you learn (think back) why you lost, why what you were thinking was wrong, and what not to do next time. You learn more when you loose.
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