The Oxford dictionary defines failure as a lack of success. It is a simple, factual statement, yet for many people, it also comes with a multitude of negative emotions. Because of these emotions, we attempt to avoid failure at all costs. Yet the most successful people have something in common They are aware of the many things they try that are not successful, but they don’t classify them as failures; instead, they embrace them as learning.
Carol Dweck, the author of Mindset, described those who could view failure as learning in this way: “They knew that human qualities, such as intellectual skills, could be cultivated. And that’s what they were doing—getting smarter. Not only weren’t they discouraged by failure, they didn’t even think they were failing. They thought they were learning.”
Finding success requires you to change your perspective on failure — to see failure as your friend. Once you embrace this new friend, it becomes much easier to learn the lessons it is trying to teach you.
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