How Important is Failure on the road to Success?

[FreshFromATL]

I was doing some reading earlier and it seems that a lot of well-known accomplished people, attribute to their success (in some form or fashion), the many failures they had on their way to gaining success.

Basically, the notion (taken from software development terms BTW), "If you don't accomplish what you set out to accomplish on the first attempt, name the second attempt, Version 1.2"

Do you buy into this notion that when an individual initially sets a goal and fails to accomplish it, but continually set new goals until he or she finally accomplishes what was originally set out to be done...is the most natural path for long-term success?

Or do you think that greater success is achieved when an individual accomplishes a goal on the first try?


IMO, greater lessons are learned from short-term failures which can ultimately lead to sustained success in the long term...but on the flip-side, not everyone is strong enough to fight-through and understand the lessons taught from failure

 

[Chris.B]

From every failure you have to learn from it and move on.

That's why I don't fukk with black chicks and their attitude. They will bring you down.

 

[FreshFromATL]

From every failure you have to learn from it and move on.

That's why I don't fukk with black chicks and their attitude. They will bring you down.

please don't turn this thread into that, BUT you do have a point...

 

[Heafcliffe]

I believe it. It makes the actualization of "making it" that much sweeter and makes you appreciate the road to success even more.

I'm in my "failure stage" at the current moment.

 

[FreshFromATL]

I believe it. It makes the actualization of "making it" that much sweeter and makes you appreciate the success even more.

I'm in my "failure stage" at the current moment.

I agree. I think that when you hit it big on the first try, you'll eventually succumb to a false notion of knowing what it takes to actually make it and thereafter, maintaining it. When you have to try, and try again, not only do you gain a more intimate knowledge of what it takes to make it, you learn what not to do (i.e. the things that will fukk up your success).

 

[AquaCityBoy]

From every failure you have to learn from it and move on.

That's why I don't fukk with black chicks and their attitude. They will bring you down.

This fakkit can't even contain his c00nery in a thread that had nothing to do with that.

 

[International Playa]

Everyone who makes it fails, but the difference is they don't give up

Michael Jordan hardly made the basketball team in high school and his coach ridiculed him.His the greatest ever basketball player of all time

Steve Jobs been shopping his Apple idea since the 80s, people ridiculed his idea, damn near everyone on this planet has an iPhone

Donald Trump has been bankrupt time and time again but he made it all back to be a millionaire

It's the resilience in these people, can you you still believe in yourself when people tell you, you ain't sh1t.

 

[SemiEnlightenedBum]

you only fail if you don't accomplish a nirvana&a blessed rebirth

everything else is failure

failure is fun,accomplishments just lead to more accomplishments on this plane,

accomplishments=attachment

free a mind or thousand while you're here,learn something,and do what thee fukk you want

fail spectacular,yes..!

 

[Chris.B]

This fakkit can't even contain his c00nery in a thread that had nothing to do with that.

sorry for speaking about my life experience

 

[Ohene]

It's not even so much that it's important...i just feel that it is always imminent.

In order to attain the required knowledge or skills that lead to success it seems that you must fail so that you know what parts of your arsenal must be honed and improved. In order to avoid such mistakes or failures it either takes a lot of spoonfeeding or luck.

 

[kevm3]

very important. Think about when you work out. Do you get more growth when you work out in the safe zone and only lift weights you can do easily or do you get more when you workout to failure? The key is to avoid CRITICAL failure, aka the failure that is so deep that you can't recover from it.

 

[FreshFromATL]

Everyone who makes it fails, but the difference is they don't give up

Michael Jordan hardly made the basketball team in high school and his coach ridiculed him.His the greatest ever basketball player of all time

Steve Jobs been shopping his Apple idea since the 80s, people ridiculed his idea, damn near everyone on this planet has an iPhone

Donald Trump has been bankrupt time and time again but he made it all back to be a millionaire

It's the resilience in these people, can you you still believe in yourself when people tell you, you ain't sh1t.

I agree with EVERYTHING you said. The line for success is ultimately drawn between the people that can handle the failure, and for whatever reason, those who can't. I think this is a grave issue in the black community today, particularly with black men. Most of the time, not only do cats have to battle against failure, but they also have to battle against an environment that's constantly telling them to give up and settle for mediocrity because what they are trying to reach, is too far out of their range (basically a bunch a people who has never done anything, trying to tell everyone what can or can't be done).

I think this is ultimately the reason why those blacks that do reach a certain level of success, choose to never come back to the community, because all they remember is the negative, as in thinking back, "man if I would have listened to them nikkas, or that broad, I'd be fukked up right now."

 

[The_King_of_Everything]

Good thread op

 

[PewPew]

Its the single most important thing that happens on the road to success. Adversary doesn't build character, it reveals it. Are you the type of person to quit when shyt gets hard, or can you pull yourself up and try again. Failure is also one of the best teachers on the road to coupes & lear jets

 

[unit321]

This is the McMega Potato.

It is only served in Japan and is not meant to be consumed by one person but shared with multiple people. In America, this is almost as large as the Super-sized french fry. That was a disgusting amount of french fries to be served. I'm kind of amazed I actually finished it along with the rest of my meal.

The health nuts put the CB on McDonald's. Did that stop McDonalds from reinventing the huge french fry portion? Nope.