Failure and The Way To Success

Last week I spoke about the Art of Repurposing and a new perspective from the Icarus Myth I learned from one of my favorite authors: Seth Godin. During that episode I said: If we want to succeed, we may fail many times. Now, I want to correct myself: If we want to succeed, we must fail many times. We must build a strong failure resilience if we want success. It took me a long time to internalize this maximum, and I have to admit it’s not always comfortable to follow. Two resources that help me build my failure resilience are: ONE- An interview with Sarah Blakely, the founder of Spanx and self-made billionaire, where she tells how her father used to ask every night at the dinning room table: “Okay kids, what did you fail at today?” This is a 3-minute video that is really worth your time. Blakely's story is an amazing example of how to reframe failure. See the video below and ask yourself: – “What did I fail at today?” TWO- The other resources is a book titled: Go for No! Yes is the Destination, No is How You Get There The author Richard Fenton and Andrea Waltz create a compelling story to show us how our image of a fork in the road where one option is failure and the other option is success, is a misleading one. A better and more realistic visualization is to see failures are the stepping stones to success. What are you waiting for: Just take the risk, do it, fail, learn and try again. Repeat this, as many time as you need, to succeed.