Failures are just practice towards achieving success!

“Success is going from failure to failure
without a loss of enthusiasm.“
~~Winston Churchill

Today I received a book in the mail that I recently purchased. I was so excited to get started reading it.

The book is titled “What Success Takes“ by Garret Pierson. I read the first few pages and was blown away.

My first takeaway — “Failures are practice towards achieving success!”

Did you know that? After reading just this piece of the first chapter, it makes total sense.

Failures help you succeed. Fail and Fail again, they are all learning sessions for your race to success!

So, have you failed at anything? How did your failure help you to succeed?

Here is a personal story of failure breeding success…

Early on in my childhood, while taking swimming lessons one summer, it came time to learn how to use the diving board. I instantly froze. I was not the best swimmer in the world, but comfortable nonetheless. But diving off a high diving board? You have got to be kidding!

When my turn came, I hesitantly climbed the stairs of the diving board. I then hesitantly walked out onto the board. Slowly….extremely slow. I looked out and then quickly backtracked my steps and got down off the board.

During the next swimming lesson the same thing happened.

The next time, I stood out on the board a little longer. Everyone was cajoling me to jump. I was scared and got down again.

Over the next few days, I pondered why I was so afraid to jump off the board. I mean, there was a lifeguard waiting right there in the pool for me. What could happen?

The next lesson, I made it a little further but still could not do it. Finally during the next lesson, unknown to me at the time, an instructor came up behind me on the board as I stood there pondering my jump. They picked me up and tossed me off…..cruel huh? I remember falling down into the water extremely upset.

Well, I have to tell you that once I hit the water and knew I was safe, I thought to myself “that was fun”! Why was I so afraid? Well the rest of the afternoon at the pool I spent my time up and down on the board. Climbing up and jumping down!!! Success!!!

I learned a very valuable lesson that day but had I not tried so many times to jump successfully into the water, I may never have realized how fun using the diving board would be.

All this reminds me of something I remember hearing a lot as a kid — “If at first you don’t succeed, try try again!”

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