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Finding Success in Failure
This title sounds contradictory and phony. It is a contrarian kind of word, but it is not phony!
No matter how hard we try in work or in business to keep from making mistakes or failing at something, we will have failures.
Isn't it better to look at a business/work failure in the terms of moving towards eventual success, rather than flail around with oneself because success is not instan- taneous?
How we look at failure is puzzling. We know that a failure is an event that will not last for- ever, but somehow we have a perfectionistic attitude that it is permanent. How to get around this "I won't fail attitude"?
I think that one of the best ways is to under- stand the impermanence of anything and dare to risk without looking for perfection, the first time out! Maybe there will be a failure today and a success tomorrow. It will eventually even itself out if we risk and trust in the outcome.
c, 2004 Permission is granted to reprint, not for commercial use Marilyn J. Tellez, M.A. Certified Job & Career Transition Coach Email: doitnow@nwinfo.net Web: www.doitnowcareers.info
