There is no such thing as failure. That one statement can change your life. I know it changed mine. The concept is really quite simple and can help change your perception of many things.
We all have goals in our lives. There are volumes of information written about setting goals, what makes a good goal, and all that. Let's just assume you have a goal. It could be to get an 'A' on your next mathematics test, or land a new client, or build a new business. The point is you are going to take some kind of action to reach that goal.
That action is going to create a result which may or may not be the attainment of the goal. In fact, I would venture to say in most cases one misses the target. But that's not important. The important thing is figuring out what needs to change to reach the goal. There really are only two things that can change: action or the goal itself.
That is, you either change the actions you are taking to reach the goal, or you realize the goal itself needs to be changed.
Maybe you missed an important action step in attempting to reach your goal or you just didn't work quite as hard as you could have.
Alternatively, maybe the goal was unrealistic, something that even the best of us could not achieve given the circumstances presented to you at the present.
This is called the "Feedback Loop".
That action is going to create a result which may or may not be the attainment of the goal. In fact, I would venture to say in most cases one misses the target. But that's not important. The important thing is figuring out what needs to change to reach the goal. There really are only two things that can change: action or the goal itself.
That is, you either change the actions you are taking to reach the goal, or you realize the goal itself needs to be changed.
Maybe you missed an important action step in attempting to reach your goal or you just didn't work quite as hard as you could have.
Alternatively, maybe the goal was unrealistic, something that even the best of us could not achieve given the circumstances presented to you at the present.
This is called the "Feedback Loop".
An action toward a goal produces a result. That result is the attainment of the goal or not. If the goal if not attained then you analyze the action and adjust it; or you analyze the goal and adjust that. Then start the process all over again.
You see we live in a society where we are constantly being compared to other people (or we do it to ourselves). We are taught that not reaching our goals is a failure on our part. In fact one of the greatest scams on the planet is the "blame game" -- a never ending death spiral.
The Feedback Loop proves there is no such thing as failure, it's only feedback. When I realized that my life changed.
You see we live in a society where we are constantly being compared to other people (or we do it to ourselves). We are taught that not reaching our goals is a failure on our part. In fact one of the greatest scams on the planet is the "blame game" -- a never ending death spiral.
The Feedback Loop proves there is no such thing as failure, it's only feedback. When I realized that my life changed.