Learning from Failure

The successful failed 10x or 100x than the ordinary. They are able to suck it up, and move on with the failures. Unfortunately, schools taught us a different meaning of failure. Many are told that one failure means the end of the world. This creates so much fear on people that many rather be unhappy in their comfort zone than to really strive for their happiness. 

seems like the key there is "...you have learned from." and it's about not being too afraid of failing that we never attempt. 

Randy, thanks a lot for the great article. As usual, very thought-provoking. At my work I have about 80% failure rate of all my ideas and in the beginning I was thinking something was wrong with them, but later I  realized it was just a normal working process. 20% of ideas survived and have been successful but without thouse that had failed I would have never found them. @Jamie Loh I also watched The Billionaire Top Secret a couple of months ago. A very powerful movie! When I was watching it, I was thinking something like 'yes, this is how any success is built'. Join you in recommending it.

Bottom Line we Are ALL Human, we have Pasts, we have all Struggled on some level..

The person on the street to the Movie Star...

Wonderful! I just watched this Thai movie called The Billionaire Top Secret of a 27 year-old billionnaire, real story. Lots of trials to get to the top. You would love it rocksta - get the one w English subtitles. Xoxo

"Your level of success will be in direct proportion to the level of failure you have learned from."

I have no shortage of failures and it's very encouraging to look at them from this lens ~ now I just have to make sure I've learned from them whatever *can* be learned.

Some people fail to launch, others launch from failure...

And I also believe it's part of the creative process.. We might head in one direction, hit a plateau or come to a realization a new direction is needed.. And as soon as we do, we INTEND for a new inspiration and then follow that path.. Did we fail the first time? Perhaps. But through the creative process we uncover our purpose.. And for me, that's what matters most.

Yes, but it is also like Mark Cuban said : It doesn't matter how many times you fail, you only have to be right once.

Speaking of Oprah, I remember reading, not that long ago, an article in her magazine that she had written.  It was about her new "OWN" network.  She wrote that her network was having troubles, and getting lots of criticism.  So, she was sad of course, but then realized some of the criticisms were true.  So, she took the information and made changes to the network.  But, not before she also assessed her many blessings.

PS. The man in the photo looks like a advertisement for Aspirin. :)