Saturday, October 16, 2004

Failure - A Formula for Success!

Do you feel discouraged at times? Does your business not go the way you envisioned? Did you hit a wall and are you looking for ways to get around it?

Don't despair! Failure is a valuable stepping stone! Read on:


Failure - A Formula for Success!Break the cycle of compulsory perfection and safety and ..... Dare to Fail!
by Debbie Knapp


Failure - A Formula for Success! At least, having the willingness to risk failure. After all, every success, every accomplishment, every triumph - great or small - was proceeded by failed attempts.

Far too often throughout our lives we’re reminded there is nothing more dreadful than that big ole red "F" accompanied by "What were you thinking?” or “Why didn’t you work harder?” and our own inner voice echoing “You’re a loser.”

Parents, teachers, coaches, business supervisors, religious authorities, and critics of all sorts have been responsible for dulling aspirations and destroying dreams. Mistakes are often proclaimed failures and subsequently punished, leaving many of us afraid to take risks. Often times these disciplines and evaluations were misguided attempts to correct and improve the individual. FAR too often, the opposite results.

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