Don’t be Afraid to Fail

“I have not failed. I’ve just found 10,000 ways that won’t work.” ~ Thomas A. Edison

Are you afraid to fail? Have you failed before? Do you like failing? Cheer up! That you’ve failed at doing something in the past is a clear indication that you tried to get something done. It is only do-nothing people that never fail. The reason they remain mediocre all their lives. Nothing enviable there believe me! Yes, you are striving to get something done. Yes, you are getting things wrong and making mistakes all along. So what? Do not discouraged, because every wrong attempt discarded is another positive step forward. The mistakes you make and discard must not be repeated. As the mistakes get discarded and reduce in number, it takes you closer to getting it right. If you allow these mistakes to stop you, you can never succeed in getting anything worthwhile successfully done. Just keep going, taking actions, making mistakes and making progress. That is the right way to go.

Let your business life be motion and movement all the way, mistakes or no mistakes. Reason is, it appears success is irretrievably connected with action. That is exactly why successful people are always on the move. Even if they make mistakes as we all do, they keep moving and never quitting. They always manage to stay on course and eventually succeed. Therefore, no one should be afraid to fail. Even you fail, don’t dissipate energy trying to cover it up. The way to go is to learn from your failures and go on to the next challenge. Meaning? It's OK to fail. If you're not failing, you're not growing. If you are not growing, you can’t hope to succeed at anything worthwhile in your entire life.

Get busy right now because…. “No pains, no gains. To get the prize, you must pay the price.”


 

Why Success is the Sum of Small Efforts

“Success is the sum of small efforts – repeated day in and day out.” ~ Robert Collier

There is an old Chinese proverb which says… “A journey of a thousand miles begins with one step.” One small step for man may look insignificant but taken repeatedly for a prolonged period of time can take you over a considerable distance of a thousand or more miles. When you master certain significantly small actions repeated over time in the course of your business, by the time you achieve something big in the process, you too may even wonder how you did it in the first place. What matters is to get into action and get busy working in the direction of your goals. No matter how small the steps you are taking, so long as such steps are in the right direction, your seemingly big problem will be solved before too long. It is not the size of the steps you take in the direction of your goals which count the most. What counts is ensuring that such steps no matter how small are in the right direction of your goals. That is the surest way to success.

In you sincerely run a business, you may have discovered from experience that nothing is particularly hard if you divide it into small jobs. No matter how big a problem may appear to be, if you can divide it into bits and pieces then take them on in that form, you can get the whole big problem resolved fairly more easily through all these little bits and pieces you’ve handled along the way. Every big problem is the sum total of very small problems binding together. A smart problem solver first isolates these small problems, then solves then one at a time. Taking that cue, even you, by the time you solve all the small problems making up the big problem you are facing, you will discover that the big problem has been solved. Just like that!

Get busy right now because…. “No pains, no gains. To get the prize, you must pay the price.”