Failure Is Your Biggest Asset

When was the last time you failed at something? Really failed. That kind of failure that you can recall and relive as if it were happening in the current moment? What did you learn from that failure about yourself and others? I believe that if we use our failures as opportunities to reflect, assess and course correct, we can leverage them to our advantage and give us insight and wisdom that is only afforded to those who take risks.

By choosing to stay in our comfort zone we get to be “safe”. We also miss out on some of lifes most profound lessons. The rewards for staying in our comfort zone is seemingly a level of certainty and control over our environment. The rewards for exploring beyond our comfort zone is being let in on some of life most powerful truths. It’s like you are let into a secret club or like you’ve entered the matrix (pardon the bad analogies). You get to see what you are made of and that everyone is just figuring out like you are. There are no rules only principles that will help reflect back to you what you need to see. You get to learn things about experiences and life that show you that there is no going back, only forward. It also reveals to you the ultimate lesson; control is ultimately an illusion. We like to think we get control by playing small but ultimate it is in letting go and listening to our instincts and being adaptive to our changing environment where the ultimate control lies.

Today on Cue To Cue We are talking about famous failures, what failure is and how do you reframe failure to work for you and to not let it define you!

by Chelsea Johnson | Cue to Cue