You know that the word failure is talked about way more than the word success. We have a tendency to talk about the times “we almost made it”, more than the times when we did make it.
What is success after all? It’s a goal that we have deep inside and we work hard at lining everything up so that we have the best chance to succeed at that goal. Successes in life don’t come easy. If it did everyone would be doing it.
Jim Kelly, quarterback for the Buffalo Bills from 1986-1996, led his team into four consecutive Superbowl’s, and lost every one of them. Despite his successful career as the Bills QB, he will always be remembered for his failure to win a Superbowl championship.
As a network marketer, the more I get people to say yes to my product and business proposal, the more success I enjoy and the more money I earn. So getting to yes, you must first go through no. That will determine the measure of my success.
Most people think of success and failure as a choice. They will concentrate all their energies at success while doing everything within their power to avoid failure. This is a sure order for an average performance.
The right choice should always be success and failure. The facts remain that all winners, will fail far more often than losers. By dramatically increasing my failure rate, I put myself on the course of the greatest success formula in the world. Looking and seeking out the No’s.
A great picture of this is a man at a baseball game selling peanuts. Most people love peanuts and especially at the ball game. But who will buy this man’s peanuts? He must put on his gear and walk through the stands yelling, “peanuts”! Now most people won’t say no to him, but by their lack of attention to him, they are saying, “no, we don’t want any peanuts”. But there will be those who will look directly at him, raise their hand and show with their fingers, how many bags they want.
How many no’s did he have to go through before he got to yes? Quite a few, but by the time that game is over, he will have sold a lot of peanuts.
Yes is the destination. No is how you get there
Failure comes with a lot of emotion. It is something that we will try to avoid with every fiber of our being. Failure can just be downright devastating.
Success on the other hand, can be a very elusive dream that only happens when all the stars are lined up at the very precise time, with almost a mystical and magical concept for the select few.
Here comes the catch – to achieve success….YOU…MUST…FAIL!
Failure is not aiming at a target and missing. Failure is an undeniable sign of progress toward a goal. Are you actively pursuing your goal or dream? Then you are a success in progress. Failure is never final, or a permanent condition, until you quit!
Get beyond the ability to tolerate NO, and learn how to embrace it. By increasing your willingness to fail, you will increase your ability to succeed.
What would have happened if the peanut man decided to quit after the first two people said no? He would have been labeled a failure and made no money that day.
Donald Trump has failed at business and filed bankruptcy a number of times. Thomas Edison tried a thousand times before his incandescent light bulb worked. Winners never quit and quitters never win. Which one are you?
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