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How can we Turn Failure into Success?

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Question added by Muhammad Khurram Mirza , Business Development Operations Manager , Al Haramain Advertising
Date Posted: 2016/08/15
Hussein Elkhouly
by Hussein Elkhouly , Sales Executive / Manager , VARIETY CRUISES

I disagree with most of answers , its never Depends of the failure type or natural , its depends of yourself 

1-Mistakes are not a problem, but not taking the opportunity to learn from them is. Identify your mistakes and learn from them quickly. Many successful people have experienced some kind of failure--and they build on those lessons. Learning to fail well means learning to understand your mistakes. In every mistake there is a potential for growth.

2-be careful how you talk to yourself, because you are listening. Self-talk can be incredibly damaging, especially after a failure. Handle your self-talk and don't allow it to make you feel worthless--especially in the aftermath of a failure. Let it sting for a moment, and then do everything you can to stay positive and get back on track

3-It's far better to do something imperfectly than to do nothing perfectly. The only true failure is doing nothing--inaction puts everything at risk. When we do nothing, it means we are not moving anywhere. And that is a surefire way to stay in failure. All that is required for failure to triumph is for us to do nothing.

4-We are products of our past, but we don't have to let our mistakes define us. Even if the past did not go as we had hoped, our future can still be better than we can envision. Too often, we're afraid to talk about our past and our failures out of fear that they'll define us. Let it out, but stay focused on what's ahead.

5-We are products of our past, but we don't have to let our mistakes define us. Even if the past did not go as we had hoped, our future can still be better than we can envision. Too often, we're afraid to talk about our past and our failures out of fear that they'll define us. Let it out, but stay focused on what's ahead.

6. Consistent action creates consistent results. Strength doesn't come from what you can do, it comes from mastering the things you once thought you couldn't do. So let yourself fall down, but learn to dust yourself off and get up and move forward. What you do every day matters more than what you do every once in a while. Consistency is key to success.

7. You can't do it alone--and you don't have to. Sometimes our failures keep us stuck in our old ways and we need support to help us get past our bad habits. The worst thing we can do is think we need to handle this alone. Find a coach, a mentor, or a friend who supports you in your efforts and has the experience to get you pointed toward your own success.

Failure is the only way to grow yourself and grow your organization, because ultimately, it is how we learn to succeed.

varun vikram singh
by varun vikram singh , Sales Executive , Y K Almoayyed Trading LLC

failure is also a learning opportunity , now u know what not to do .... sucess will follow 

Mahmoud Zaher Tarakji
by Mahmoud Zaher Tarakji , مدير , أوال جاليري

I agree with Mrs Anna and Mr . Hussein Elkhouly

Omar Saad Ibrahem Alhamadani
by Omar Saad Ibrahem Alhamadani , Snr. HR & Finance Officer , Sarri Zawetta Company

Thanks

I agree with the answer given by colleague Hussain Elkhouly 

Deleted user
by Deleted user

Thank you for the question. It depends of the failure type. Generally one can accept failure as a start point of change & opportunity to stand by, analyze & come up with new idea/approach. For me failure is an indicator of change!

Mohammad Abo Al-Afiya
by Mohammad Abo Al-Afiya , Technical Engineer in Project Management Department , Art Bright

By keep trying more and more .

Mary Grace Guiamsay
by Mary Grace Guiamsay , Sales Lady , SM Mart Inc

Failure always there so make your self always ready. How can you learn without failure. Make your failure give you strenght and ask your self why. And get an answer in your failure so u can determine whats wrong or what is missing in that failure and always have a present of mine,patient and hardwork.

Dorina D'souza
by Dorina D'souza , Senior Human Resource Executive , Sanofi India Ltd

First you need to analyse "WHAT" went wrong, "WHY" it went wrong, and then you need to think "HOW" you could have done it better. Self-analysis always help in getting things clearer. Finally believe in yourself and contiue the hardwork without getting dejected then you can turn failure into success.

mohmmed sadek
by mohmmed sadek , مدير مبيعات , knockTarget

work as a team

good markting

change sale system

make new offers

Anwar Habib Ali Bakhsh
by Anwar Habib Ali Bakhsh , Assistant Sales And Marketing Manager , WATANIYA AIRWAYS

By learning from your mistakes that lead to your failure.., and try not repeat them

SHAHZAD Yaqoob
by SHAHZAD Yaqoob , SENIOR ACCOUNTANT , ABDULLAH H AL SHUWAYER

How to Turn Failure into Success

 

Your greatest failures are your biggest blessings.”

 

Like many others out there, I’ve failed in my life. Failure hurts. It can cut deep, leaving you to lick your wounds for months, and even years to come. But failure is nature’s way of rebooting life. Oftentimes, when we fail at something, we can’t see through the hurt and the pain to uncover the reasons why it happened.

However, failure is evolutionary – it helps us to grow, mature, and reach deeper understandings about life, what we want, and why we want it. Failure helps us to become better persons, expanding our minds while deepening our hearts. As much as it can hurt at times, without failure, we couldn’t appreciate our successes.

If you’ve failed recently at something that you believed so wholeheartedly in, all hope isn’t lost. Failure isn’t the end of the road. Whether it was failure in relationships, love, business, finances, career, or anything else, failure isn’t the end. In fact, failure is just the beginning.

 

Turning Failure into Success

I know that turning failure into success isn’t easy. There’s usually a long road ahead after someone fails at something, especially when that something was once believed in with every fiber of their being. But turning failure into success isn’t impossible. People throughout history have done it and so can you.

But it’s not easy by any means. After we fail, we tend to spend a lot of time doing soul searching. That soul searching usually leads to one of two situations:

  1. Give up entirely
  2. Try Again

Almost all of us have given up entirely on something after failure, no matter how big or small that failure was. From marriages to careers, and everything in between, something that once meant something to us, after failure, didn’t really mean that much at all anymore.

But does that mean that if we fail at something we didn’t really want it in the first place? Or, is that the pain of failure forces us to create some dissonance between the old goal and the new post-failure self?

 

5 Steps to Overcoming Failure

So, what is it that separates the people that have failed in the past and tried again? How is that J.K. Rowling suffered 7 years through poverty, a divorce, the death of her mother, loss of her job, and 12 separate rejections from major publishing houses, to eventually publish the first Harry Potter book?

How did Henry Ford go bankrupt twice before finally succeeding with the Ford Motor Company? How did Colonel Sanders, founder of KFC, suffer through 1,009 separate rejections for his chicken restaurant franchise-model, with only $105 to his name, and eventually succeed?

The way these people did it, and the way countless others have suffered through the hurt and loss of failure to eventually taste success, is first by having a strong enough deep-rooted reason why they needed to succeed. Success wasn’t optional to them; it was a must. Anytime something is a “must,” the only thing that separates you from that goal is time.

If you want to turn failure into success, here’s what you need to do:

 

Step #1 – Strong Enough Reasons

If you don’t have a strong enough reason why you need to succeed, failure will be likened to an atomic bomb, leveling your hopes and your dreams in its wake. But, when the reason is strong enough, you can overcome anything. Come up with a strong enough reason why you must succeed at something. This is the first and most important step.

 

Step #2 – Seek Inspiration

It’s easy to get dissuaded and sidetracked when you’re pursuing your goals. Find something that inspires you to keep you going. Create an inspirational board at your home or even on your personal computer. Pin photos that you’ve found depicting what you want out of life. Stare at success in front of you; see it, feel it, breath it, and mentally live it.

 

Step #3 – Get Organized

There’s nothing that will stop you more from turning failure into success than the lack of organization. If you’re not organized, do something about it. Establish and set some goals, create some good habits, and learn tomanage your time effectively. No one can do these things for you. You must develop the skills to accomplish and achieve your goals on your own.

 

Step #4 – Overcome Procrastination

One of the biggest things that tends to hold us back in the pursuit of all things positive in our lives is the silent killer: procrastination. It acts as the Electro Magnetic Pulse for goals, completely disabling our ability to purse them in our lives. Without overcoming procrastination, there’s absolutely no way to accomplish your hopes and your dreams.

 

Step #5 – Take Action

 

You’ve heard it before – the proverbial “take action” slogan. But, how many people take action towards their long-term goals every single day? When we don’t take action, we allow those goals to slip further and further into wishes rather than expected destinies. Even if you make only 1% progress each day, the results stack up over time. No matter how little or small, take some action towards your goals, and eventually failure will turn into success.

 

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