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Failing in any capacity is hard. Most times, you’ve put a lot of time and energy into something that didn’t work out. But that doesn’t mean it wasn’t worth it. Both unfortunately (and fortunately), failure is a great breeding ground for growth and learning. Here’s why failing is good:
Learn what not to do
We don’t live life in a simulator where we can try a number of different paths and see how things play out. The best lessons are always learned in real time and often are because things didn’t work out the way it’s intended. That hands on experience ensures that the lessons stick moving forward.
Promote adaptation
OK so that didn’t work out, now what? One thing failure does is make you rethink and reinvent. Maybe the whole idea needs to go, or maybe it was just your approach. There’s so much insight to be gained by taking the time to look at what went wrong and why. Then you can look to the future and try again.
Not a waste of time
Sometimes failure doesn’t give you exactly what you think. If you’re not seeing any obvious good sides to what happened, maybe look a bit deeper. Maybe your team grew closer and worked together like they hadn’t before.
Failure is not a character flaw, it’s a part of life that pushes us to our next step and let us become better. What were the most impactful failures in your life? What did you learn?
