I was recently faced with a major disappointment that really made me question my abilities. I felt like giving up. Looking back on it, it wasn't that big of a deal. I accepted it for what it was, learned from it, and moved on. The truth is that we are all faced with disappointments and challenges in our lives. The way we handle these situations affects the ultimate outcome. If you look at some of history's most successful people, you will find that many of them endured significant obstacles and disappointments and overcame them. How did they do this? The main way is with perseverance and determined focus. They never gave up. Thomas Edison said, "I have not failed 700 times. I have not failed once. I have proven 700 ways that won't work." Wow! That's some kind of attitude. Considering that he is one of the greatest inventors around and we use many of his inventions every day, I think we're all pretty lucky that he didn't give up. Where would we be if he accepted failure? Perhaps we would never have had the phonograph or a lightbulb.
What can we learn from people like Thomas Edison? We can learn to never give up and to learn from what didn't work. The learning part is so valuable. Like Edison said, he never failed. What if we looked at our failures and chose to not consider them failures? What if we chalked up the experience as successfully learning what didn't work? The situation is the same - only our reactions are different.
My challenge to you this week is to approach your obstacles, challenges, and disappointments differently. See if you can turn a potentially negative situation into a positive one by learning from it and persevering. I would love to hear what impact this has for you!
Wishing you much success,
Coach April
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