FOLLOW THE LEADERunconditionally, he is freed from the success syndrome that tells him that
his worth is determined by his successfulness rather than his faithfulness.
The person who has never learned to deal with failure will never have
the opportunity to deal with success. Failure is one of the routes to success!
Learning to face and overcome our failure builds persistence into our
lives. Failure never destroys anyone! Never has, never will. It is just not that
powerful!
Principle:
“The difference between average people and
achieving people is their attitude toward failure.”It is not our failures that hurt or destroy us. It is our response to failure
that is the determining factor. Someone rightly said: “Being defeated is a
temporary condition. Giving up is what makes it permanent!” No person
is a failure who gets up one more time than he falls down! It is only
when they give up where they fall that they become a failure. It is when a
person “rolls over and emotionally dies” where he has failed and fallen –
that he becomes a failure. Failing and falling is not failure – only quitting
is. Persistent leaders always get up one more time than they fall down! Their
“getting up” and “starting again” always exceeds by one the number of
times they fall!
Principle:
“Th e person who has never learned to deal with
failure will never have the opportunity to deal with
success.”As Fred Smith wisely points out, mistakes in ministry are very similar
to mistakes with money. We often deal with our financial mistakes in one
way – and our leadership failures in another.
In finances we learn to take a loss as soon as possible – cut the loss,
don’t throw good money after bad; only obsessive gamblers do that.
By the same logic, leaders must name and claim mistakes as soon as
possible. Minimize the loss, and start remedial actions immediately...
Intelligent leaders profit from their mistakes by not repeating them...