"I've missed more than 9000 shots in my career. I've lost almost 300 games. 26 times, I've been trusted to take the game winning shot and missed. I've failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed. "
- Michael "Air" Jordan
As success habits comes to release number 3, special thanks goes out to Gregory for his continous support and all that has been supportive of my success habits series :)
Today's habit is to Learn To Fail
Funny as it sounds, we've been influenced by our surronding that a mistake is bad. This belief comes in many forms which may sound familiar to us ... like...
"C'mon, you can't do such a simple thing?!"
"My gosh, you messed up again!"
Is that really so?
A mistake is truly only bad when one learns nothing from it. Then its a bad mistake.
Successful people never look upon their mistakes as something bad - they see it as a optimum learning oppourtunity.
e.g.
The light bulb was invented after 999 failed attempts ;
successful people says " He found out 999 ways that didn't worked"
not-so-successful people says "He screwed up 999 times"
Don't be afraid to fail, ask yourself what you've learned.
So where does all this leads to? LEARN TO HANDLE RISKS
This is what successful people do, they take calculated risks.
Eg (My own dilemma)
I always wanted to renovate my room by shifting and throwing some stuff away. But these thoguhts held me back...
"What if it looked worst..."
"What if i screw up..."
"What if i damage something..."
Well , one strategy as taught by Mr Dale Carnegie is to ask yourself
1) "What is the worst to happen?" --> I screw up my whole room and it looks like a pig sty
2) "Can i accept that?" --> Yes , i'll just sleep in my living room and work from there
3) Work to improve upon the worst case scenario
*bingo*
I did up my room in 3 days and it looked absolutely gorgeous :)
(Of course you need to be confident about your own abilities before carrying out anything)
Keep in mind before trying anything , make sure it is ethical and abide by your own moral integrity!
"Always turn a negative situation into a positive situation"
-Michael Jordan
- Michael "Air" Jordan
As success habits comes to release number 3, special thanks goes out to Gregory for his continous support and all that has been supportive of my success habits series :)
Today's habit is to Learn To Fail
Funny as it sounds, we've been influenced by our surronding that a mistake is bad. This belief comes in many forms which may sound familiar to us ... like...
"C'mon, you can't do such a simple thing?!"
"My gosh, you messed up again!"
Is that really so?
A mistake is truly only bad when one learns nothing from it. Then its a bad mistake.
Successful people never look upon their mistakes as something bad - they see it as a optimum learning oppourtunity.
e.g.
The light bulb was invented after 999 failed attempts ;
successful people says " He found out 999 ways that didn't worked"
not-so-successful people says "He screwed up 999 times"
Don't be afraid to fail, ask yourself what you've learned.
So where does all this leads to? LEARN TO HANDLE RISKS
This is what successful people do, they take calculated risks.
Eg (My own dilemma)
I always wanted to renovate my room by shifting and throwing some stuff away. But these thoguhts held me back...
"What if it looked worst..."
"What if i screw up..."
"What if i damage something..."
Well , one strategy as taught by Mr Dale Carnegie is to ask yourself
1) "What is the worst to happen?" --> I screw up my whole room and it looks like a pig sty
2) "Can i accept that?" --> Yes , i'll just sleep in my living room and work from there
3) Work to improve upon the worst case scenario
*bingo*
I did up my room in 3 days and it looked absolutely gorgeous :)
(Of course you need to be confident about your own abilities before carrying out anything)
Keep in mind before trying anything , make sure it is ethical and abide by your own moral integrity!
"Always turn a negative situation into a positive situation"
-Michael Jordan
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