Disruptive Gospel Part 4: Rise Above the Fear of Failure

There are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work, learning from failure

~Colin Powel

Michael Jordan, the celebrated American NBA star once said "I've failed over and over and over again in my life and that is why I succeed". Thomas Edison the inventor also said Show me a thoroughly satisfied man and I will show you a failure. Every successful man or woman you see in life has a life story that is mixed with failure along the way. Overcoming life's toughest test is what produces great testimonies. Its your failures that will make your life story the greatest story because it is not how high a man has risen that makes them great but how deep the hole they managed to rise from. Its the foundation and not the height that hold the Sky scraper building 

Failure is important in one's life because it is what provides opportunities for growth. The toughest and roughest circumstances we face in life are important. Life can throw you in the darkest places. People can throw all sorts of dirt at you. But remember every crop needs manure to bloom into the life giving products we enjoy and it does not even smell of the manure from which it was planted to grow. The pain you experience in life may be unbearable, but when in pain stop and listen to what the pain is saying to you. It is in times of pain when the greatest and innovative part of you is born. Learn what the pain is trying to teach you. You have attributes and talents that you may not even be aware you posses that can come out and propel you to your destiny in the times of pain. Therefore, don't curse the pain of life but thank God for it and welcome it as it is manure for the new you who is about to emerge out of the pain. Don't see the shit and complain but instead turn it into fertilizer

Whatever you do in life don't be afraid to start something. When you set yourself to start anything, don't ask the question what if it fails; this is the wrong question. If anything What if you succeed, wouldn't that count for something! The best way to get started is to ask the question, What is the best that could happen when I try this? it could be starting a new business or writing a book. Whatever the best you see that can come out of it, that is what you should concentrate on and keep your focus on. Don't waste your energy thinking about the worst that could happen because success is not the absence of failure. 

To quote Donald Trump, I would say "Get going. Move forward. Aim High. Plan a takeoff. Don’t just sit on the runway and hope someone will come along and push the airplane. It simply won’t happen. Change your attitude and gain some altitude. Believe me, you’ll love it up here. 

To sum it all according to Martin Luther King Jr, If you can’t fly then run, if you can’t run then walk, if you can’t walk then crawl, but whatever you do you have to keep moving forward.

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