Have you ever felt a burning desire to achieve something great, only to be simultaneously petrified by the nagging question, “But what if I fail?”
I mean nothing’s worse than working your tail off only to fail, right? Or at least, nothing feels worse. Which is exactly why you constantly remind yourself of old adage “It’s better to be safe than sorry.”
But hold on a second…
You may have also heard it said that failure is just the first step towards success. Or even that the road to success is paved with a series of necessary ‘failures’.
So which is it? Should we be trying to avoid the needless pain of unnecessary failure, or pressing head-on into it, for learning’s sake?
What does “Failure” even mean?
Today I’m going to challenge you that the answer shifts dramatically depending on how you even define the word “failure” in the first place.
Words are a funny thing. The meaning we attach to words can dramatically impact our beliefs, how we feel,…
Doug Ottersberg
is a lifelong entrepreneur. His depth of business and investment knowledge comes from hands-on experience owning a variety of businesses and investment real estate, along with a deep love of applied learning. In addition to assisting others in transforming their lives by training them to use the skills of persuasion and influence, rapid personal transformation and sub-conscious reprogramming during private one on one sessions, group teaching is also a major passion for Doug.