If We’re To Grow, We Need To See Failure Like This
What self-help gurus haven’t realized about failure for two decades.
Even against impossible odds, we always find a way to bounce back. For decades, self-help books talk about failure like its some kind of motivator, learning experience, or even something to take pride in.
It’s a concept that I have pushed as a writer myself, falling back on words like “failure isn’t true failure unless you fail to learn something from it.”
But as someone who wants to grow myself time after time, I’m always on the lookout for things that can disprove my beliefs or alter them. I want to be someone who provides genuine help and do so in a way that benefits the people who come across it.
And so something I haven’t often questioned is now at the forefront of my mind.
On one end, the idea that we’ve been off about failure is absurd. There are many examples of situations where prominent successful people managed to overcome failure. There are numerous underdog stories of how the little guy managed to claim a huge victory and make a difference.
And without a doubt, those individuals faced failures or at the very least difficulties and hardship along the way.
