The following is the heart of his message. All successful people have two things in common.
1. They are successful
2. They have failed their way to success.
As I listened I started to think of all the appointments I've had over the years where no one showed up. So many presentations I did that really weren't very good. I wondered how many meetings I did where we expected 5 to 10 people and I was alone all night. I set goals so many times and didn't reach them in the time frame I expected. The times I knew we would grow and have our best year ever....it didn't happen.
John Maxwell is right. All successful people do in fact fail their way forward. Just think... as long as you and I keep doing the right things, even when it doesn't seem to be working, we will fail our way forward. Failing is a part of life and certainly a part of being in business as we all are.
What I recall about John Maxwell's message about failing is it's how we as individuals look at it. He said that failing is really about learning lessons and it isn't a bad thing. Lessons! Why didn't they teach us that in 1st grade....2nd grade....3rd grade.....every year.
So here's the deal folks....from here on out, every day, make up your mind that today is about learning lessons. Go out today and speak to people. Ask questions. Listen. Get appointments. Hear lots of NO's. Get stood up. Do a meeting where no one shows up go to bed happy because today was lesson time and we're all failing our way forward. Kind of interesting to think this way isn't it.
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Cindy McAsey
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