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You Have The Wrong Mindset About Failure

Failure is a necessity.

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When dealing with people, things can get messy. Everyone is opinionated. Even if you aren't, you just haven't been in contact with enough people. People's views change as everyone gets older. I mean, we are literally discussing bathrooms as a society. I can safely say even pre-teens don't have this problem. Why do we? Cause we all have our own views on things. I think one key word is a word we can all relate to. Failure. Yes!

You, me, we have all failed!

Some feel like failure isn't an option in any given scenario. Whether building a birdhouse, landing on the moon or pushing a cart around the grocery store. In most cases, failure is okay. I think we fail to understand one thing occasionally.

You are not perfect.

Oh. perfection. Perfection literally isn't attainable. To be human is to be not perfect. It's healthy to strive for perfection, but wise to understand that you can't achieve perfection. For those that try to be perfect eventually fail. It isn't all bad. Another truth we need to remember is some of the greatest achievements happen through failure. Steve Jobs, Bill Gates, Michael Jordan, Walt Disney and Thomas Edison all failured. The greatest part about failure is

You can try again.

When you try again you come at the obstacle with new enlightenment! You've seen what didn't work and you can now move forward with this information in hand. Once you do that, you can see the beauty of failure. Failure is a learned lesson. Think of failure as a crash course in life.

Take these tips throughout life, and maybe your journey wont be as bad in the hard times.

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