Reflection About Failure

Human nature and history focuses around one thing: mistakes. We soar high, plummet into the ground, and get back up and try again. As decades pass, we seek to be better than our predecessors, to learn from the blunders they made. When I was younger, failure was the most terrifying thing I could experience. I never thought I should ever make mistakes or mess up. A small mistake? Stupid. Is it 100%? No? Stupid, disgusting, terrible, negligent, ignorant. I lived in a black and white world where anything other than perfect was bad, where I had to be the best at anything; a machine. So where did that put me? What did that ideology do to me? When I look back, I realize how unhealthy that mindset was. I recognized the miles of pain it caused me, how much it hurt me then, and how it affects me now. Although there are many mistakes that I’ve made, the biggest one I’ve ever made was not accepting

Failure is something that all people encounter in their lives. In some situations failure can break a person or make a person, meaning a person can fail at something and just simply give up. Others will fail and that failure can give them the inspiration to try harder to one day achieve their goal. I'm the type of person to fail and work harder until I am content. As my championship baseball coach would say "What’s our motto? Never give up!"

Failure can be a very difficult thing to cope with. It can be something that makes you or breaks you. I have learned that failure is what defines a person; it shows your motivation to bounce back when things get rough. I have learned from my failure instead of dwelling on it and making myself weaker.

The short story, The Right to Fail by William Zinsser, explains how it is acceptable to fail and learn from one's mistakes and to not go down the path society has made socially acceptable. Zinner has a positive outlook on the concept of failing, he explains, “Success can be dangerous- you feel you know it all. I’ve learned a  great deal from my failures.” As life goes on, everyone may not succeed the same way or even succeed at everything they attempt to do, but it is important to learn from mistakes and continue moving forward and to find the path that works for you. Trying new things and failing or succeeding can open new doors to something better.

In addition, the willingness to learn through failure can help to reach the desired destiny. Nearly everybody fears failing, because it has been associated with all sorts of negativity. Although an optimistic look on the other side of tripping or falling down in life can make someone to be successful in

Failure is really just a part of life. From god, to love, to our own academic studies, we have all failed at something before, and it sure made us feel upset, or some other negative feelings, but along comes Angel Perez and Mandy Oaklander to help save the day from the sheer destruction of our guilt to tell us to “bounce back”, and that it is okay to fail. Something quite often unheard of would be positive responses to failure, making it look like it is no big deal, but a rather out of proportion. Given both articles it is not hard to see that Perez does not expect perfection, not the brightest light in the dark sky, but rather a lesson learned from failure, rather than punishment. Oaklander on the other hand talks of building up resilience

Failure is a part of everyone's daily lives; however, depending on the person you are you

I’ve learned that failure is a common part of life, but how you perceive failure is what matters the most. There are a lot of uncontrollable variables that can dictate a situation. However, the one aspect we are able to control is our state of mind and it is imperative to have a positive mental attitude. As described by Shawn Achor, in Before Happiness, if you allow a pessimistic mind set to control your outlook on a situation. Then, one will only focus on all the aspects of the failure instead of looking on how to improve the situation. Perfectly stated by Winston S. Churchill “A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; and optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty.”

In life, no matter the quest, if you aim to succeed you must first fail. Failure, one of life’s profound professors, allows us to utilize our mistakes in a way that will create positive results in the future, that’s if you let it.

In fact, the main reason to fear failure is how we imagine how others will view us when we fail. For example, if an individual keeps doing the same thing over and over, then the results will never change. As Albert Einstein stated, “a person, who never made a mistake, never tried anything new” (Brenner). Failure is not the enemy, but a life-changing experience. It is a human experience, and it prepares the way for us to grow and transform our lives. Mistakes are essential to the development of life, just as change is. Nevertheless, change is said to prepare us for life and without change, life would persistently be the same.

Perfection is impossible. There is no one in the world who has not failed at least a hundred times. However, the hard part is learning from that failure and growing from it. People tend to bury their failures and try to hide them almost like a time capsule, hidden inside for a long time until someone finds it again. They are afraid of someone finding that time capsule and expecting treasures and spoils, but to be disappointed to only find worthless failures. We view failure as something that is worthless and disappointing and see success as a treasure. We expect something good out of anything we’ve worked so hard for and are returned with disappointment, as we can’t always succeed . We need to learn to realize is that failure is good and allows you to achieve success, if you let it be a learning experience. You need to overcome the fear of failure, persist your way through challenges, and know where you want to be in the end.

I find it difficult to believe the survey said you do not motivate others. My experience with you this past year, you’re very motivating to others. I know you have been with me and other classmates. I think leadership is walking a fine line. My response to risk taking was similar although I was willing to take risks only when the results were favorable. Leaders typically are willing to take risks and try new things even if they may fail miserably. They understand that failure is a part of the process to learn and succeed. That is a very difficult position especially if your failure may impact other people’s lives negatively. If you anything like me, your unwillingness is because you care about what the impact of the high-risk on the

As I discussed earlier in my writtings, I think that failure cannot be avoided and we are presented with failures to gain an opportunity to learn. Failures will be an aspect at some point professionally and or personally so that we can grow and develop as

Traditionally, failure is seen as a negative concept and is defined as lacking success. I, on the other hand, try to put a positive spin on everything in life. I see failure as an obstacle that is experienced by all, but it does not define an individual. Failure in essence will force an individual to be more receptive to their surroundings and actions and also will force an individual to mature. Looking back on my childhood years I can now pinpoint the areas where I failed and I can confidently say that I have grown and prospered due to those failures. The three major failures I have experienced were my attention deficit issues which affected my ability to succeed in school, my anti-social habit that I let consume my early years, and my

     There is not one person alive who has not encountered a less than desirable situation in life. Nobody is flawless and everyone has made at least one mistake that they wish they could take back. However, a problem many encounter is they worsen these mistakes by lingering on them instead of learning from them. They worry that others may see them as less than they really are and that they are inadequate because they are not perfect. Albert Ellis, the creator of RET, says people, “upset themselves about their seriousness upsetness. In fact, they may have biological tendencies that encourage them to make a ‘magical’…jump from ‘I badly failed’ to ‘I am a failure-a bad person!’”.