No success without failure

YOU DON'T FAIL WHEN YOU TRY

When you do not achieve an outcome that you set out to achieve, it does not mean you have failed. It only means you have either not done enough, or you have not found the right way to do that thing. Every attempt made towards a goal is a step forward, even when it does not feel like one. The moment you try, you have already succeeded in the most important way, you have refused to stand still.

Failure is not the opposite of success; it is a part of the journey to success. Every misstep teaches you what does not work; every setback helps you build resilience; every effort, no matter the outcome, proves your courage; and every failed trial shows you how it cannot be done. The only guaranteed failure is never trying at all. The more times you try but fail, the better you are becoming, because you have found ways your desired result cannot be achieved.

Everyone, past or present who has achieved anything, created anything, or become anything the world needs did not achieve those things by avoiding mistakes, they got there by refusing to quit. Thomas Edison did not fail a thousand times while trying to invent the lightbulb; he simply discovered a thousand ways a light bulb cannot be invented before eventually finding the way it can be. Had he quit anytime before the eventual success he would never have found a way.

If you stumble, and fall, stand up and keep going, you have not failed, but you have learnt, you have grown, you have proven that you are willing to try, and that is where real progress begins. Try one more time than you fail, rise one more time than you fall, and just keep going. The world belongs to those who dare.

To a better you, Kamikun John.