“Be grateful for failure.
Why?
Failure teaches you so much!”- Kirsten Long
Never, ever give up!
Practice
Every day this week, talk to yourself out loud! Remind yourself that
failure is merely feedback. Say it a few times. Then have a debate
with yourself where you prove the statement. Find some examples
that happened to you recently.For example: “Failure is feedback. So, when was that true in my life?
Mmm let’s think... ah, yes, on Monday I forgot to remind my client to
come to coaching on Tuesday. That was really stupid and it cost me
money. I really should stop coaching because I am a useless
administrator.” THIS IS NOT THE WAY TO GO!!
Rather let the conversation go something like this: “Failure is
feedback. So, when was that true in my life? Mmm, let’s think... ah,
yes, on Monday I forgot to remind my client to come to coaching on
Tuesday. That wasn’t clever because I lost the opportunity to coach
him. So what did I learn about myself? I’m not that good about
remembering to do things. What can I do next time? Let’s see, I’ll ask
my PA to look in my diary every Monday and send reminders to
clients. Yay! Missing the client was great feedback for me. I needed
to find a way to compensate for my forgetfulness and I did.”