Why You Should Not Call Yourself A Failure

The desire to succeed opens invisible opportunities on your horizon

Elena Cooper
The Summit
3 min readMay 16, 2022

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It’s important to be positive, especially when it comes to our own self-perception. After all, how we think about ourselves can have a big impact on our ability to achieve our goals. So, it’s understandable that we might want to avoid thinking of ourselves as failures.

However, it’s important to remember that making mistakes is part of the human experience. Everyone fails at something at some point in their lives. What matters is how we react when we are not able to succeed.

Do we let them get us down, or do we use them as motivation to keep going?

Calling ourselves failures can be a self-fulfilling prophecy. If we believe that we are destined to fail, then we are likely to give up when things get tough.

On the other hand, if we view failure as simply a part of the journey, then we are more likely to pick ourselves up and continue moving towards our goals. So, next time you make a mistake, don’t beat yourself up about it. Just remind yourself that everyone fails sometimes, and that it’s not the end of the world.

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Things you can do to stay confident

It’s inevitable that people will put you down at some point in your life. It might be because of your looks, your weight, your intelligence, or just because they don’t like you. Whatever the reason, it’s important to remember that their opinion of you doesn’t matter.

What matters is how you view yourself. If you lack confidence, then it’s time to start practicing meditation and positive affirmations. Meditation will help you to focus on the present moment and clear your mind of negative thoughts.

Positive affirmations will help you to replace those negative thoughts with positive ones. Over time, these practices will help you to build up a strong sense of self-confidence. So next time someone tries to bring you down, just smile and know that their words have no power over you.

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Elena Cooper
The Summit

Spiritual Adviser. Tarot Reader. Clinical Professional Hypnotherapist. Writer. Music Composer. Singer-Song-Writer. Survived abuse of violence for many years.