Comments on: You’ve Got to Fail to Succeed

By: Dr. Jennifer Howard

Dr. Jennifer Howard — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 20:33:04 +0000

I have told my clients this for years that you must be able to fail to truly succeed. Of course, we know that failure is a matter of opinion. What is the difference between lessons along the way and “failures?” To really go-for-it, we will probably have a few lessons teaching us how to do something better or that we are barking up the wrong tree for us. Both are helpful in finding our purpose and place where we can have the most positive impact.

Dr. Jennifer Howard

By: Jan

Jan — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 16:18:08 +0000

I agree, failures help us to be more determined and focus on our goals. I love reading your article. I learn a lot from you. Thank you for sharing.

By: Patrice

Patrice — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 10:49:43 +0000

You’re right – we must learn a lesson from our failures in life. Assess as to which part we fail and why it happen. Make sure that it wont happen again.

By: matthew ferry

matthew ferry — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 08:00:07 +0000

Many of my clients spend their time avoiding disasters in their life. Nothing slows you down more then that. Disasters, chaos, destruction and failure are critical parts of your life’s progression.

You don’t learn from doing it right. You don’t evolve from winning. You don’t grow from success. Doing it right, winning and success are the result of the lessons you learn from failing.

You need the contrast of not getting what you want. Don’t resist. Engage it. Every time a client goes into breakdown I aways say, “Something good is going to happen out of this. I wonder what it will be?”