Why should you be alarmed if you fail a challenge but somehow don’t feel too bad about it? Perhaps because you are playing too safe, according to an article on the addicted2success.com website.
Failures and obstacles are nothing bad
If we always know what tomorrow will bring, we find ourselves in a very comfortable position. Little effort is required so there is not much growth either. We are sitting pretty. But if you have any role models, you will probably have learnt that at certain points in their lives they all failed spectacularly. And you can probably recall some challenges that you managed to overcome in your life, even if this initially seemed unlikely. In fact, the most difficult challenges turn out to be what help us develop the most.
Any obstacles in our life are an important part of life's puzzle. So if you find yourself feeling stuck or overwhelmed, it may even be a good thing.
The moment we are down and out is a time when we need to regroup, reorganise, and devise a new strategy. We need to change ourselves for the better to overcome impending obstacles. If a challenge knocks you down, this is only a sign that you must become stronger.
We need challenges that move us forward
We also need to experience failure. It doesn’t matter how devastated we feel after being knocked down or rejected. We need to recover, we need to come back more experienced. We need to train harder. Failure is only a form of feedback. Success without any initial failure is nothing to be genuinely proud of.
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