In fact, failure is not failure.
Failure or success are completely subjective and purely relate to how and why you set your goals and how you interpret outcomes.
If your goals are set-in-concrete specific objectives, then any outcome that does not tick these will be perceived as failure.
The world is much more complex than that and often – very often, more often than most recognise – what we want is not what we need and many outcomes are in fact better for us in the long run than the originally set objective.
Whether you achieve the originally set objective or not, is often less important than the experiences along the way.
I often view failure and deviation from set objectives as the universe showing me that there was another way – I often discover something I was not aware of before.
Sometimes discoveries are profound and life changing, even.
Just to be clear, I am not saying ALL outcomes which deviate from the original objective – or as most call them “failures” – are ALWAYS for the better and should just be accepted.
Life is complex and some failures are just that. Where you just have to try again – the same thing, or a different one. Until you do get what you need. Sometimes many many times before you finally succeed.
My main point here is just that not all failures are such and that often rather than bulldozing on – it is wise and beneficial to re-assess and try and see if there is perhaps a different approach emerging from the experience.
Many people have said that failure is good.
Without failure we don’t learn.
In a competitive world, with many men and women going for the same goals, many achievements only happen through persistence and trying again and again.
So whether realising to change tactic or not succeeding at a task – either way failure is standard, normal and part of most processes.
What sets people truly apart is how we deal with it. Take it on the chin, nod understandingly and crack on – and you’re not failing, you’re just living.
Content and mindful of the world around us.
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