Many years ago, a business coach told me that failure was a part of the success formula as long as I always failed forward.
What does it mean to “fail forward?”
It means we learn from our mistakes.
I grabbed that “fail forward” phrase and ran with it during my years of leading HealthCare Pharmacy. We didn’t encourage our teammates to make mistakes but we encouraged them to always learn from them.
So many people fail and never get back up, and they end up failing backward.
Truth
None of us have the ability to avoid failure.
We are all going to make mistakes and fail at some point in our journeys.
We have a choice whether or not we fail forward or backward.
Romans 5:3-5, “More than that, we rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance, and endurance produces character, and character produces hope, and hope does not put us to shame, because God’s love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit who has been given to us.”
P.E.A.C.E.
Jay@EagleLaunch.com
P.E.A.C.E.ful Living…
Plan – A dream/goal remains a dream until it is put into writing. Putting your dream or goal in writing is the first step in creating a PLAN to achieve it. When you fail to plan, you plan to fail.
Effort – Turning your dream/goal into reality requires a commitment to putting forth consistent and focused EFFORT toward the execution of your plan. Nothing great in life happens without working hard.
Attitude – Your chances of achieving your dream are exponentially increased if you believe you will achieve it. Always remember that your ATTITUDE determines your altitude in life.
Community – Nothing great in life happens by doing it alone. The chances of achieving your dream expand as your COMMUNITY of positive mentors and coaches expand. You become the average of the five people you spend the most time with…and yes, spending time with “people” through books and instructional videos factors into your average.
Energy – Chasing and achieving your dream requires optimal levels of mental, physical, and spiritual ENERGY. Take care of yourself; no one else will.
