Learning from Failure

LEARNING FROM FAILURE

Cl. Mario D’Couto SDB

            Failures are part of success and hence it is important to dwell a little more on this topic. There is nothing wrong in making mistakes. We all do that. A fool is one who makes the same mistake twice. A person who makes a mistake and does not correct it commits a bigger one. The best way to handle a mistake is,

1.     Admit it quickly
2.     Don’t dwell on it
3.     Learn from it
4.     Don’t assign any blame or make excuses (take responsibility)

            One important thing about failure is that we should not rationalize it; we should have the guts to own up for our mistake. Winners analyze; they don’t rationalize. Rationalizing is a loser’s game. Losers always have a book full of excuses to tell you why they could not.
           
            It is also important to learn from our mistakes. People who do not learn from history are doomed. Failure is a great teacher if we have the right attitude. It is a delay, not a defeat. Experience is the name we give to our mistakes.


            Some people live and learn and some only live. Wise people learn from their mistakes. Wiser people learn from other people’s mistakes. Our lives are not long enough to learn only from our own mistakes. 

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