Comments on: The Lost Art of Failure

By: jules

jules — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 11:07:00 +0000

Thanks for the comment Eric. I love your comment. You are right sometimes being a pessimist is good but mostly because it’s easier. Being an optimist, as I believe, is harder.
Without making mistakes we wouldn’t get anywhere as you’ve said. Everyone makes mistakes but ultimately it’s the ability to get up again that makes some people more successful than others.
I am going to check your blog out now

By: Eric

Eric — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 19:33:08 +0000

I love this post, truly I do.

This has really made me think and I especially love this line: “Try to think of a mistake as a gift. It sets you on the right track. Before you might have been wrong but this mistake adjusted your internal clock. It simply made it a bit more precise.”

I love this because it’s saying that if you look at making a mistake as a gift to allow you to learn what NOT to do, you’re better of in the future knowing what TO do. This is wonderful and this post is awesome, man.

I’m a pessimist at heart and have learned a small bit about being an optimist and I admit, sometimes it’s good to be a pessimist as it allows you to learn what you DON’T want to feel.

Learning is a wonderful tool and without making mistakes, we’re all doomed.

What do you think?

By: jules

jules — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 07:56:58 +0000

I totally agree with you. Failure is a very important practice, there is nothing quite like it. The more we fail the more we will succeed. Thanks!

By: Jonathan Figaro

Jonathan Figaro — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 03:25:34 +0000

The key to success is ” double your failure rate” the more we fail the more were prone to succeed. Its all about the action steps we take. Nice post!

By: jules

jules — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 18:01:20 +0000

@Melvin – Yeah that’s definitely true. You have adopted the same kind of thinking that I was writing about in the post.

By: Melvin

Melvin — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 12:07:03 +0000

For me, my pride alone drives me to work harder and correct all my failures.. Its that I always think I can change that failure and succeed sooner than later..

I think its just about findinh that inner motivation that will handle failure

By: jules

jules — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 08:39:32 +0000

This is a very important step that man people fail to realize but they do. Let’s face it, life isn’t always easy but if you know how to react right when you fail, then you will get a long way.

By: Steven Handel

Steven Handel — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 21:33:35 +0000

When we challenge ourselves, fail, learn, and then persist forward – we have found the path of our success.

Great post Jules!

By: jules

jules — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 07:11:48 +0000

@Ralph – Once you are aware of it, it becomes a lot easier to handle failure. There is truly nothing wrong with failing. Its human. And it should be treated that way.

By: Ralph

Ralph — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 20:21:15 +0000

This is an incredible truth. We are taught that failure is bad and that is so wrong. Failure is the mother of success. Failure is how we learn to do anything.