Welcome Failure

DESIRED OUTCOME

For individuals to smile away failure knowing it is a learning opportunity and to immediately start right back pursuing the end goal.

WHY THIS CHALLENGE IS IMPORTANT

Often times individuals never try because they are too afraid of failure. We have all failed at something and will fail more in the future; rather than having the thought of failure hold us back, use failure as a way to demonstrate to yourself you know where your limits are and how to stretch ourselves outside of our comfort zone to grow.

HOW DO WE GET THERE

As Edison once said about his invention of the light bulb, “I have not failed. I have just found ten thousand ways that will not work.” Failure is a part of life and is the primary way that we learn. We must welcome failure and encourage ourselves to persevere onward in order to learn and grow. We must understand that failure is a welcomed part of the learning process. A failure is only a true failure when we do not learn from it and continue to repeat the same mistakes.

OUR CHALLENGE

Our challenge for you over the next month is to practice smiling and reflecting upon failure. What did you learn from this failure? How can you change in the future to prevent a similar failure? How will this lesson improve you?

The second part of this challenge is to read or listen to the audiobook Embrace the Suck: The Navy SEAL Way to an Extraordinary Life by Brent Gleeson and The Obstacle Is The Way by Ryan Holiday.

FEEDBACK

Exerceo welcomes feedback! Improving the community of rising professionals is a team sport. Please join our team by sharing your success stories and constructive criticism to both inspire and improve our programs for everyone. Please send all feedback to feedback@exerceo.org

DISCLAIMER

Exerceo's goal is to provide guidelines to rising professionals; however, everyone's situation can vary greatly so please apply your own judgment and best practices.