It may sound counter-intuitive, but it is impossible to succeed without failing. In fact, a quick Google search for "famous failures" will show you that many of the most successful people in history failed numerous times before they found success.
In the following guide you will find information on how to spot the teacher who could help you succeed. Learn how to read their feedback and see if they have what it takes to help your growth as an individual.
To help you get a better feel of what this is all about – here are some quotes:
"In order to succeed, we must first believe that success is probable." – Robert F. Kennedy
"The best career advice I ever got was when my boss told me, 'If you don't know what you want to do, just start doing it.' " – Sean Parker
"The moment when the creative idea comes to you is the moment when the ideas stop coming." – Richard Feynman
"Go out and slay something." – George Carlin
"Success seems to be getting someplace else before somebody important notices that you're there. " – John Steinbeck
"If you keep doing what you're doing, you'll keep getting what you're getting." – Tony Robbins
"You can't cross the sea merely by standing and staring at the water." – Rabindranath Tagore
As a follow-up we've also included a couple of excellent quotes on failure:
"Failure is not an option." – Gene Kranz, NASA Flight Director on Apollo 11 Moon Mission
"When I let go of what I am, I become what I might be." – Lao Tsu, Tao Te Ching Perspective Lesson1: The Change in Perception You are here. You have put effort in. You have given it your all, but things didn't go as you expected. Whether it was a failure or just not exactly as you planned, chances are that it was a somewhat unpleasant experience to go through. It might even be that you were emotionally invested and this situation is more painful for you. These circumstances will not change no matter how many times you analyze what happened, or how much time passes by. One thing that will change though is your perspective on the situation. This is because people tend to see the same events from different perspectives, and the same event can happen differently to two different people (you can read more about this in our previous article – Perspective Matters ). Here are a couple of examples:
When I was failing in my career, I had one of those thoughts that I shouldn't have been working so hard. This thought came from someone who knew me at the time and their advice (which was to drop everything, go somewhere else and find something that was more fun) might have been very useful in finding my path again.
For some people, failure has a different meaning – it's not about what happened or what didn't happen, it's about the fact that they have been working hard for years to find their path and now there is uncertainty. In this context, it's not a failure that they have been working hard for years and now there is uncertainty, it's a failure that they don't know where their path is and are unable to find it. The perspective on the situation here is different from the one above.
You can see how your perception of a situation has a big impact on how you react to it. When you are expecting something positive, even if things don't go as expected, all of a sudden whatever happens seems more acceptable because you have prepared yourself for it beforehand. On the other hand, when you expect something negative and it does happen anyway – you'll be disappointed and feel like nothing went your way.
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