04/19/2017

Why We Shouldn't Be Afraid to Fail

Nobody gets it right 100 percent of the time

Some people make no room for failure in their lives. They run from it and won't even entertain the thought of it. To do so would be a sign of weakness. A chink in their armor that opposition could exploit. "Failure in not an option" for these kind of people but how do they react when life doesn't go to plan?

Nobody gets it right 100 percent of the time. Nobody. Not even the greatest at what they do. Usain Bolt hasn't won every race that he has run. It took Thomas Edison thousands of attempts to invent the light bulb. Steve Jobs was fired from the very company from which he eventually transformed the world.

As a professional footballer for over a decade, I understand that winning is a privilege and never a guarantee. Tackles will be missed, passes misplaced and shots off target. Defeats will inevitably happen and setbacks will be suffered. Only the individuals who demonstrate an ability to respond when faced with adversity will survive or succeed in such a cutthroat industry. The ones that don't will fall by the wayside. It's the same in any walk of life.

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