As far as life is concerned, problems can’t stop. Failure is one of the problems you can’t do without in life.
It shouldn’t surprise you that people fail every day. It may be that you have your meaning of failure.
First, let me tell you about what the dictionary says about it. The Oxford Advanced Learner’s Dictionary defines failure as a lack of success in doing or achieving something.
It is also a person or thing that is not successful. With this, you can have an idea of the meaning of what failure is all about.
Anything you do and you don’t record success you are said to have failed.
So when you fail in one project or the other that doesn’t mean that you have failed in everything.
It all depends on what you have failed at. I have failed in more than one venture. To me then I have failed and that is exactly what other people will say about it.
Whether they say it to your hearing or not, you failed and that is it.
Anything you do and succeed in it means that you have found success, but if you don’t, then it shows that you have fallen like a pack of cards.
How many people do you know who failed in one project and found success in another?
At times people fail many times in the venture they embark on, but they find success eventually.
When you fail in one job and the other, it doesn’t mean you have failed for life. There is a reason why you may fail at something.
When I failed in one business and later on I discovered the reason I couldn’t succeed. I didn’t learn the necessary skills to run and have success in this trade
Thus, when you don’t have the ability or the required skills to do something, there is a possibility you may be heading to failure.
That is the reason you should do your best to have the ability or skill before you venture into anything. It may be work or business: it can be a relationship etc.
When you fail in one thing, you don’t need to kick yourself down or become tired. Being tired here means giving up.
You should try other areas and see how you will succeed in them.
When you fail in one thing, it doesn’t mean that you failed for life. What you should do is learn a lesson from each failure you have.
Most often, because you don’t want to feel ashamed when you fail at something, you stop trying at all. You should do well to swallow that pride.
That disappointment you have today may be the springboard you need to launch your success tomorrow.
Yes, failure can indeed break anyone, but you can always overcome it through your determination.
So see failure as the bright opportunity you need for success and it is important to sit down and think about what and where you have failed in life.
There are many things you want to succeed in life. It’s better to take it easy and work on what is most important to you.
Where in your life do you want to improve upon, there is nothing too late to achieve as long as you have life.
With patience and perseverance, you will turn any failure into success. Be encouraged that others who were written off as failures later succeeded.
Nonetheless, they persevered and never gave up until success visited them. Even if you have the ability if you don’t know how to turn it into success, failure may set in.
Be positive and know that one failure is not the end of life.
Your willingness to put your disappointed self to one side and work for your success is what will differentiate you from others.
Emma I. Oparaocha