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I think everyone at some point in their life have experienced failure, I know I have MANY times! Being an athelete growing up I had a ton of times where I felt like a failure and just wanted to give up, but it taught me to push through and to always get back up! I found those past failures as a gymnast really helped when dealing with failure in other aspect of my life; whether it be something at work that I failed at or a failed relationship. Failure is a huge fear for a lot of people, but like a lot of other things in life, its part of life. It's just one of those things that no one wants to go through, but is necessary in order for us to learn and grow as a person. Although no one likes that feeling of failure it really doesn't have to be as daunting as most of us make it to be. I think if we learn how to handle ourselves when things don't go exactly go as planned, then failure can somewhat be turned into a positive thing. Here are some of the things I try to remember when I've failed at something in the past...
DON'T BEATING YOURSELF UP: Be kind to yourself, failure happens to even the best of us...Everybody fails!! Just because something didn't work out doesn't make you any less of a person. Being hard on yourself and dwelling on what happened, really won't help the situation. In fact it will actually make it harder to get past. We all want to succeed in everything we do but beating ourselves up if we don't is not the solution!
LEARN FROM YOUR MISTAKES: As much as people don't want to admit, failing is actually in a weird way a positive thing. There's no shame in failing, so use it as an opportunity to grow and better yourself. Instead of beating yourself up after failing, take the time to look at the situation and ask yourself- what went wrong? What can you change in the future? What can I do differently?
TAKE A BREAK: One thing I highly suggest after a huge failure is to give yourself a break so you can clear your head, and get a fresh look on things. I like to get away after a huge failure because I feel it's very therapeutic.
START FRESH: If you failed the first time and you are ready to give it another shot, make sure to give yourself a fresh start. Wipe the slate clean and don't hold onto past mistakes. If you start over but keep dwelling on your failures, you're never going to be able to move forward. Don't sabotage your fresh start with things that have happened in the past and can't be changed.
DON'T BEATING YOURSELF UP: Be kind to yourself, failure happens to even the best of us...Everybody fails!! Just because something didn't work out doesn't make you any less of a person. Being hard on yourself and dwelling on what happened, really won't help the situation. In fact it will actually make it harder to get past. We all want to succeed in everything we do but beating ourselves up if we don't is not the solution!
LEARN FROM YOUR MISTAKES: As much as people don't want to admit, failing is actually in a weird way a positive thing. There's no shame in failing, so use it as an opportunity to grow and better yourself. Instead of beating yourself up after failing, take the time to look at the situation and ask yourself- what went wrong? What can you change in the future? What can I do differently?
TAKE A BREAK: One thing I highly suggest after a huge failure is to give yourself a break so you can clear your head, and get a fresh look on things. I like to get away after a huge failure because I feel it's very therapeutic.
START FRESH: If you failed the first time and you are ready to give it another shot, make sure to give yourself a fresh start. Wipe the slate clean and don't hold onto past mistakes. If you start over but keep dwelling on your failures, you're never going to be able to move forward. Don't sabotage your fresh start with things that have happened in the past and can't be changed.
Picking yourself up after failure is very important and is something that no one really teaches you. I hope this post will help or motivate you all if you are currently going through failure, or the next time you are struggling with failure!
Stephanie xo
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