“Let all the failures of your past year be your best guide in the New Year!” – Mehmet Murat ildan
There I stood…
A failure…
I couldn’t do it…
I couldn’t handle the pressure…
I felt dirty…
I felt ashamed…
It was only two minutes after midnight…
The New Year was so young, so fresh, so clean…
And I tainted it…
I ruined it…
My resolution, broken, gone, vanished…
Before my first wake up of the new year…
Before the dawn of the new me
The new healthier, happier, me…
…Not this year…
Can you relate to that at all? If not, if you are not writing, teaching, coaching, consulting, start now! I will hire you. Why? Because obviously you have it all figured out.
Or, maybe not. Why not? Because wouldn’t I rather be taught, coached, or consulted by someone who has failed before? Someone who has gone through similar failures and experienced the ups and down with up-cycles and down-cycles. Maybe even more than one or two and has learned a thing or two and made it successfully to the other side. Someone that has progressed to that “happier, healthier” person or business?
If you can’t relate to that opener, maybe you are in denial. No, of course not. Not you. I truly apologize for suggesting that. No, I really am sorry. I know, I know, I was out of line. (I am lying through my teeth, my pants are on fire). I do not know anything about you. I should not have…
Alright, enough of that. If you are not able to relate. I hope that if you think hard enough you can recall a similar situation. If not, start preparing for the crash!
The point of all this babble is in the title, “Ready To Fail.” I am just not a huge fan of New Year’s resolutions. Don’t get me wrong, I am all for change. I am all for striving for personal growth and having the desire to do and be better. My issue is with the timing of it all. Why must we wait until next year? Everybody is going to change next year. How will we recognize anyone on January 1st? We are all doing something different, something better, except me of course! Remember? I didn’t even make it to sleep before I broke my resolution!
Sorry, squirrel…
There is so much pressure placed on the New Year’s resolution that I feel we are setting ourselves up for failure. Some of you know my story and that I believe failure is good and necessary. Failure can provide the greatest opportunity for positive change and growth but, with a fighting chance to succeed if we are willing to learn from it, not deny it.
If we fail, we dust ourselves off and embrace the opportunity to get better. We do not need to stack any more odds against us. So, let’s resolve to revolutionize how we set our resolutions! Let’s create a new order for ourselves and those among us.
No really, let’s create a new order….next time…stay tuned…
Talk Soon,
Kevin W @LEAP272
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