“Failure is success in progress.” - Albert Einstein
Find me an example of someone who has achieved greatness and has not faced adversity along the way.
You'll be searching for a while.
No one ever woke up at the top of their game.
No one ever got to the top and stayed there without having to learn from some difficult set-backs.
Failure is a part of life.
It forms part of every single success story.
If you don't experience some form of failure or defeat along the way, you are unlikely to reach the pinnacle.
Don't get me wrong, you may still reach a very high level of your chosen field.
But the difference between a high level and the pinnacle?
How you respond to failure.
How you take the failure in your stride and keep walking.
The way you knock it down rather than allow it to be your threshold, your roadblock, your end-of-the-road.
Win, lose or draw, it doesn't matter - it's just another step forward.
To read more about failure and how I debunk the negative associations surrounding the word, see my latest blog post in the Success Series, Blog Post Episode #3!
Strive to live, live to strive.
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