Does anyone else strive to be a
failure? Of course not and really I don’t want to be a failure either. But what
interested me most about a lot of successful people, is that a lot of them talk
about the many setbacks & failures they had in life on the road to
greatness and how it was their refusal to accept failure that ultimately led to
their massive success.
A definition
“Failure is the
state or condition of not meeting a desirable objective”
This would suggest that failure it
something final. That it is the ultimate end but in reality how you react to not
reaching your goal will define if it’s failure or not. Failure is only
temporary and should be the catalyst to propel you to learning and finding
another way to make it work
What you learn in any journey is what
is important. If, for example you studied for an exam and got 35% and failed.
You only fail if you choose not to re -sit it. And when you do re-sit it then
what you learned the first time is vital to getting you over the line the
second time. Am I right or have I failed to convince you?
OK, I’m going to tell you about three
failures.
Michael Jordon
Michael Jordon
Michael Jordon failed to make his high school basketball team. His coach told him he would never make it as a basketball player and that he was too short
Within 2 years he not only came back to make the team but he was also named high school All-American in his senior year
Michael Jordon is now considered the greatest basketball player of all time and led his team to
- 6 NBA Championships
- was named league Most Valuable Player 5 Times
- He is only the second player to score over 3000 points in a season
Was Michael Jordon a failure? He was
Albert Einstein
When Albert Einstein was young his parents thought he was mentally retarded. His grades in school were so poor his teacher asked him to quit saying "Einstein, you will never amount to anything". Also he didn't speak until he turned 4 and didn't read until he was 7. He was a failure.........
Albert Einstein is widely regarded as the most important scientist of the 20th century winning a Nobel Peace prize for Physics in 1921.
Was Albert Einstein a failure? He was
Jim Mc Guinness
Jim Mc Guinness played in 3 Ulster Finals for Donegal and failed to win any of them. He applied to get the Donegal managers job three times and failed to get it twice.
Jim Mc Guinness is Donegal's most successful manager ever. He led Donegal to three Ulster titles in four years and two All Ireland finals winning one of them.
Is Jimmy Mc Guinness a failure? He was
I could go on and on about examples of failures. Steve Jobs was sacked from his company Apple. Thomas Edison invented the light bulb after finding 10,000 ways not to do it. What all these successful people have in common is that they would not accept their situation as failure. They did not focus on what happened to them instead they focused on what they were going to do about it and how they can learn from their mistakes
Let me tell you a story about two friends Ricky and Anthony who both graduated from college together:
Ricky got a job paying $80,000, Anthony could not find anything
Ricky got all the chicks, Anthony was celibate
Ricky went to parties regularly. Anthony was wasting his 20's
Ricky got promoted. Anthony was a waiter.
Ricky invested in shares. Anthony hardly earned enough money to invest
Ricky lost everything in shares. Anthony found the love of his life
Ricky was deserted by all the girls. Anthony got married
Ricky was broke. Anthony built a house
Ricky desperately wanted to get married. Anthony was to become a father
Ricky resorted to drugs. Anthony resorted to his children
Ricky lost everything. Anthony found everything
Th point of the story is this: We all fail at some time in our lives. Some may look back at times in their life when you were failing and have now come out the other side, while some of us have failed at something recently.
However you must remember its not about what happens to you in life. Its about what you're going to to do about it
Its not about being the next person to lead Donegal to the All Ireland title or to invent the next big thing. Its about accepting that failing is simply part of life and that it should never stop you from trying new things. You should never let the fear of failure outweigh your desire to succeed. There are a lot of great people in your local graveyard with some great ideas, but the fear was to much for them
I am going to leave you with a quote from a guy called Les Browne (check him out on You Tube)
"If you are not willing to risk, you cannot grow. If you cannot grow, you cannot be your best. If you cannot be your best, you cannot be happy. And if you can't be happy, then what else is there"
For more information contact us at talkclubletterkenny@gmail.com or phone Connor Mc Donagh on 0876480457
Albert Einstein
When Albert Einstein was young his parents thought he was mentally retarded. His grades in school were so poor his teacher asked him to quit saying "Einstein, you will never amount to anything". Also he didn't speak until he turned 4 and didn't read until he was 7. He was a failure.........
Albert Einstein is widely regarded as the most important scientist of the 20th century winning a Nobel Peace prize for Physics in 1921.
Was Albert Einstein a failure? He was
Jim Mc Guinness
Jim Mc Guinness played in 3 Ulster Finals for Donegal and failed to win any of them. He applied to get the Donegal managers job three times and failed to get it twice.
Jim Mc Guinness is Donegal's most successful manager ever. He led Donegal to three Ulster titles in four years and two All Ireland finals winning one of them.
Is Jimmy Mc Guinness a failure? He was
I could go on and on about examples of failures. Steve Jobs was sacked from his company Apple. Thomas Edison invented the light bulb after finding 10,000 ways not to do it. What all these successful people have in common is that they would not accept their situation as failure. They did not focus on what happened to them instead they focused on what they were going to do about it and how they can learn from their mistakes
Let me tell you a story about two friends Ricky and Anthony who both graduated from college together:
Ricky got a job paying $80,000, Anthony could not find anything
Ricky got all the chicks, Anthony was celibate
Ricky went to parties regularly. Anthony was wasting his 20's
Ricky got promoted. Anthony was a waiter.
Ricky invested in shares. Anthony hardly earned enough money to invest
Ricky lost everything in shares. Anthony found the love of his life
Ricky was deserted by all the girls. Anthony got married
Ricky was broke. Anthony built a house
Ricky desperately wanted to get married. Anthony was to become a father
Ricky resorted to drugs. Anthony resorted to his children
Ricky lost everything. Anthony found everything
Th point of the story is this: We all fail at some time in our lives. Some may look back at times in their life when you were failing and have now come out the other side, while some of us have failed at something recently.
However you must remember its not about what happens to you in life. Its about what you're going to to do about it
Its not about being the next person to lead Donegal to the All Ireland title or to invent the next big thing. Its about accepting that failing is simply part of life and that it should never stop you from trying new things. You should never let the fear of failure outweigh your desire to succeed. There are a lot of great people in your local graveyard with some great ideas, but the fear was to much for them
I am going to leave you with a quote from a guy called Les Browne (check him out on You Tube)
"If you are not willing to risk, you cannot grow. If you cannot grow, you cannot be your best. If you cannot be your best, you cannot be happy. And if you can't be happy, then what else is there"
For more information contact us at talkclubletterkenny@gmail.com or phone Connor Mc Donagh on 0876480457
