Podcast #039: Overcoming Failure

Published: March 7, 2018, 8 a.m.

"Everyone has their own Mount Everest they were put on this earth to climb." (Seth Godin)
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\nFailure. How do you handle it? The 2 minute video below by Will Smith is an encouragement to view failure in a positive way. As he says - fail early, fail often and fail forward.
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\nIn this podcast my co-host Andrew Horton and I discuss how failure is not something to be feared, but actually an opportunity to grow and learn.
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\nhttps://youtu.be/vEhoc_zGeN0
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\nMichael Jordan, arguably the greatest basketball play of all time has said:
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\n"I've missed more than 9000 shots in my career. I've lost almost 300 games. 26 times I've been entrusted to take the game winning shot and missed. I've failed over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed."
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\nDo join us on this podcast as we discuss:
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\nHow everyone has their own story of failure along with our own personal examples.
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\nWhat is the relationship between failure and guilt or shame? Is failure necessarily a bad thing?
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\nWhat can we learn from some famous examples of failure such as Abraham Lincoln and J K Rowling?
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\nWhy it is not as simple as just saying, "If at first you don't succeed, try, try again."
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\nWhat is the secret to turning failure around?
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\nHow can we see our failures through the eyes of faith?
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\nHow understanding failure is part of inside-out transformation?
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\nYou may also find of interest:
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\nWhat Can J K Rowling Teach Us About Failure?
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\nFailure and Depression: The Other Side of Lincoln's Life
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\n9 Ways To Look At Your Failures With The Eyes Of Faith. Especially #7
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\nHow To Fail And Lose Well Part 1
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\nHow To Fail And Lose Well Part 2
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\nPodcast #021: Grit
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\nPodcast #013 How To Grow In Resilience
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\nPodcast #030 Do You Need More Sleep?
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\nPodcast #031: How Can I Live With Hope Today?