{"id":2184,"date":"2017-08-21T10:29:34","date_gmt":"2017-08-21T08:29:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/taoofstefan.com\/blog\/?p=2184"},"modified":"2018-08-29T07:43:50","modified_gmt":"2018-08-29T05:43:50","slug":"become-the-most-successful-failure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/taoofstefan.com\/blog\/main\/lifestyle\/become-the-most-successful-failure\/","title":{"rendered":"Become The Most Successful Failure"},"content":{"rendered":"

Recently I saw a\u00a0video in which Peter Dinklage<\/a>\u00a0spoke about his life and about decisions he had to take in order to give his acting career a real change. In short, it’s about following your passion, taking risks and embracing failure. The video of further below. Watch it, I found it very inspirational. Shortly after I wrote about my thoughts about this on my Facebook page. But I wanted to but a more visibility and emphasis on this important topic. That is the reason I wrote this article which is mainly about failure.<\/p>\n

\"Failure:<\/a><\/p>\n

The Big Taboo: Failure<\/h1>\n

In today’s world, it seems that failure is a taboo topic. People, not only online, tend to hide their failures from people and put all the emphasis success if they had some, or on making sure no one finds out. This is a very negative trend. I understand where those people are coming from. Our society doesn’t reward failure in the same way it rewards looking great on the outside. It’s more rewarding to fake success than to portrait failure.<\/p>\n

Yet failure is a very important path on anyone’s journey. In science, it’s a key aspect of the trade. Scientists set a framework and test it. More often than not their results are a failure. That’s not only ok, it’s important. Now we know that something doesn’t work. We gained knowledge, know-how and experience.<\/p>\n

In life, around family and friends, failure becomes more of a stigma than ever. At least that’s how it seems to me. When you have big goals or dreams that are likely to fail, your people will tend to stop you and tell you that you\u00a0should not<\/em> because you might fail<\/em> at the task at hand.They’re scared and project their feelings towards you.<\/p>\n

They’re scared and project their feelings towards you.<\/p>\n

Don’t let ever let anyone tell you what you are capable of or aren’t. Don’t wait until anyone says that now you are ready. Go out there and do it. Go for it. Don’t be afraid to fail. Failure is a process and you pick yourself up after failure, learn from it and move on.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Don’t Let Failure Hold You Back<\/h1>\n

Almost anything I ever achieved, I achieved despite people telling me I couldn’t or I shouldn’t or that I wasn’t ready.<\/p>\n

I stumbled often during those decades. Very often without people realising it. I failed at school, at football, in martial arts, in relationships, during recipes I tried, at meditational practice, at yoga, I injured myself in the gym, at home, on the training pitch.<\/p>\n

\"Failure:<\/a><\/p>\n

The one thing I never did is to let this hold me back. No matter how hard the setback, how much people tried to put me down, I reassemble myself, learned from what happened and followed my path.<\/p>\n

Failure: The Key To Success<\/h1>\n

I don’t remember where I heard the following few sentences, but they stuck. If you know who to credit for this insight, please let me know. The person, I think it was a businessman, replied to a question about how to be successful:<\/p>\n

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The road to success is made out of two words: right decisions.
\nThe road to right decisions is made out of one word: experience.
\nThe road to experience is made out of two words: wrong decisions.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

It’s only 5 words but they make all the difference. If you see it out of this lens failure suddenly becomes a very important metric on your path. It is probably the single most important tool to gain experience. Only with real experience and the willingness to reflect on failure you can make decisions that bring you a step ahead, in life, business, romance, fitness or whatever you are working on. I created a free seminar that helps you to create routines and forms habits that will guide you to make the most of your experiences.<\/a><\/p>\n