{"id":291,"date":"2012-08-08T20:45:19","date_gmt":"2012-08-09T02:45:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.amyreesanderson.com\/blog\/?p=291"},"modified":"2012-10-29T12:23:24","modified_gmt":"2012-10-29T18:23:24","slug":"redefining-failure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.amyreesanderson.com\/blog\/redefining-failure\/","title":{"rendered":"Redefining Failure"},"content":{"rendered":"

Failure is a funny thing. Many of us fear it. Many of us avoid it. Many of us let it stop us. Many of us decide to simply not try so that we don\u2019t have to chance it. Funny thing is that there really isn\u2019t such a thing as failure at all. There is only the opportunity to learn a lesson that will make you smarter and stronger and better in the future\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/strong>Henry Ford said it best when he said:<\/p>\n

\u201cFailure is only the opportunity to begin again, only this time more wisely.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u00a0The best way in life to learn is to try and fail and then try a little bit different way and fail a little bit differently and to get up once more and try yet again in a little different way. In that process of trying and failing you are really just gaining an education on how to get better and smarter and stronger. I can honestly say that trial and failure have been the best educators in my own life.<\/p>\n

The only rule I try to live by in regards to failure is to never make the same mistake twice. I am good to allow myself the freedom to try and fail anything, but I always commit to never ever fail by making the same mistake twice. When you repeat your mistakes you are showing that you didn\u2019t learn anything at all, so DON\u2019T allow yourself to do that. But DO allow yourself the freedom to try new things with the attitude that failing is not a bad thing \u2013 it is an educational thing that will help you to improve if you let it. Don\u2019t be afraid to put yourself out there and don\u2019t hold yourself back for fear of failing.<\/p>\n

\u201cTwenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.\u201d \u2013 Mark Twain<\/p>\n

Never be afraid to fail. Only be afraid not to learn from your failures. So get out there and give it your best shot. Like Mark Twain said \u201cExplore. Dream. Discover.”<\/p>\n

Have the BEST DAY EVER!<\/p>\n

~Amy<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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