This week’s Quick List* is a companion piece to our Quote of the Week: on Success & Failure.
Many of us don’t try new things because we’re afraid of failure. We don’t set challenging goals because we’re afraid of failure. And we’re afraid of failure because we think it makes us failures.
On page 98 of Tough Times Never Last, But Tough People Do**, Robert Schuller says:
There is no reason to fear failure. As I said in You Can Become the Person You Want to Be:
1. Failure doesn’t mean you are a failure…it does mean you haven’t succeeded yet.
2. Failure doesn’t mean you have accomplished nothing…it does mean you have learned something.
3. Failure doesn’t mean you have been a fool…it does mean you had a lot of faith.
4. Failure doesn’t mean you have been disgraced…it does mean you were willing to try.
5. Failure doesn’t mean you don’t have it…it does mean you have to do something in a different way.
6. Failure doesn’t mean you are inferior…it does mean you are not perfect.
7. Failure doesn’ t mean you’ve wasted your life…it does mean you have a reason to start afresh.
8. Failure doesn’ t mean you should give up…it does mean you must try harder.
9. Failure doesn’t mean you’ll never make it…it does mean it will take a little longer.
10. Failure doesn’t mean God has abandoned you…it does mean God has a better idea.
Great reminders for tough times and not so tough times.
What goals did you set for yourself this year that you haven’t made yet?
Have you tried?
Did you try, “fail” and give up?
Could you try a different way?
Or try a little longer?
Would now be a good time to start afresh?
copyright 2010 – Business Class Inc
* This weekly feature is for managers who don’t have time or don’t want to make time to read lengthy articles or even short paragraphs. We call it a Quick List. AKA – 10 by 10 on Tuesday. 10 ( ideas or tips or questions or steps or ways to Get 2 Goal or Be a Better Manager, etc) by 10 (AM – EST) on Tuesdays. Click here if you’d like to see all Quick Lists created to date.
** If you’d like to read the book, it’s probably available at your local library or your favorite local bookstore. If not, here’s a link to it on Amazon.
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