… Inspired by Albert Femi Oduwole’s running with a vision
BY: Ebube Okeke
So you failed again, welcome to the club! So have several great people like Abraham Lincoln, Thomas Edison e.t.c. Failure comes to all but your attitude is the difference.
You need to make the decision to dream again, you need to decide to step out from breakdown to breakthrough. Let go of yesterday’s shame.
Despite your failure;
Refuse to complain, because the more you complain, the less you obtain
Refuse to explain your failure to anyone. ALBERT ODUWOLE said ” It takes less time to do something right than explain why you did it wrong.
Refuse to worry because as John Mason said ” Worry is a misuse of your creative imagination “. Worry suffocates you and it solves nothing.
Do not get angry, anger is just one word short of danger
Albert Femi wrote in his book “Running with a vision” , that Big shots are small shots that kept shooting. Keep shooting, keep dreaming, keep working.
Did you know that failing has advantages especially for those you want to try again? You must be wondering what I mean by this? There’s a saying “only he that has endured the pain of failure can really enjoy the pleasure of success.
That failure that tore you would eventually make you stronger and better. God knows, that’s why he allowed it. No wonder a wise man said ” when everything goes smoothly the work grows but when things get rough, we grow’.
Don’t be afraid of failing and don’t waste time and energy trying to cover up failure, if you’re not failing, you’re not growing. So failure helps you grow!
You are not a failure because you failed. Let’s say you fell, you’ll clean you ass and get up. Same applies to failure, after failing, get up and try again.
Quitting makes you a failure. Albert Oduwole defines a loser as a potential winner who quits and a winner is a potential loser that persists.
Be like Andrew Balon that said ,” I’m hurt, I’m wounded but not yet slain, I’ll lay me down and bleed a while then rise up and fight again.
Don’t give up, great men are actually men with an extra ordinary amount of determination. Get up and try again! You failed the exam, write it again! You didn’t get the job? Apply for another!
Your business idea failed? Try another! Your proposal was rejected? Write another.
Doing something twice or more makes you better and gives you experience. Do not let failure get the best of you! Remembe even the greatest men failed.