Ever tasted Failure?
- Bitter, spiteful, despairing, disappointing are the causal- effect adjectives that we relate to the word… Failure. We believe Failure to be an adversary…
But is it so?
lets imagine that we were all blessed with a 100% success rate and none of us could fail….how would that have been? What kind of life would have we lived had man never failed in life…
Umm if you ask me, we would perhaps have been still be living in the Stone Age, hunting for food being our major activity schedule.
Getting pretty much what was needed, would have kept man satiated with what he got, never exploring what he could create. Had all his hunting expeditions given him enough kill (due to the ‘blessing’ that he couldn’t fail..) he would have never starved, he wouldn’t have ever bothered to look for resorts to store food and to grow food for himself..& further & further.. to the 21st hi tech world that we live in.
It’s is somewhat true that our achievements as a society/ as a civilization are somewhere attributed to the failures of our prev. generations. It’s so human to loath failure, which makes it challenging for us to beat the odds come what may. We give it the hardest push; extract the best within us, from our surroundings just to rescind the slap of a failure. Amalgamating the best efforts from within and surrounding always results in betterment, growth and development.
I don’t think success is attributed to failure.. For some it’s a flying start they don’t have to be bashed by a severe failure to achieve. So how can we attribute it all to failure? If it is all about being ‘successful ’we needn’t have to have taste failure for that. But there’s a difference…. And the difference is as much as say- being served a lavish luncheon w/o even working for it.. w/o earning it for urselves.. or starve the whole day and work your ass to get a meal!
So if we really introspect in a way"success” impedes growth because it satiates a person where as failure assists it!
That’s why we may say “All GROWTH DEMANDS DESTRUCTION” (to grow destroy within, wht u r, wht u have achieved in past, but just start afresh...)
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I had to read your post 2 to 3 times just to get an gist of it. Adding salt to the injury, you kept on saying "Think, Think", reminded of Parag Kansara's "Socho!". Anyways, a nice beginning to a interesting series.
Well, I feel it is on the attitude of the person who undergoes the failure or success which determines what would be the outcome. I still remember one interview I sat for a couple of days back. I was trying desperately not to be selected but was unsuccessful in the attempt. And even though I was successful in getting the job, I was not satisfied. Whereas, my friend who sat for 5 interviews, when failed again, the agony was there to see on his face. He certainly was down. I do not know whether he will be able to face the next company with the same enthusiasm. So thats the difference, its all in the head.
hey dave point well taken..have gotten rid of sm of the 'think' remarks...cuz neways m bringing forth my own thought process here..
umm as for u comment abt getting the gist of the passage on 3rd reading...y??? is the expression unclear...another of my friend told me he cudn't understand wht i wrote...is it sm prob w/ the engg. guys or my expression?
well as for the attitude..ur right it's all in the mind..and mind has to precive it this way...the way u think,is the way u act similar...and this particular blog is ment to give an insight to all the people who've had failures and r sooo discouraged w/ them..it's for them not to give up..cuz failure only leads to GROWTH!..not success but Growth,growth of ur mind, endurance and dealing w/ situations that are unfavourable...and finding ur Own way.
hmmm, the beauty of your post lies in the having experienced the frustration of the failure and the subsequent joy of success. For me, right now, I am frustrated by a series of failures and am looking forward for my day under the sun.
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