Comments on: No Such Thing As Failure http://createathrivingbusiness.com/no-such-thing-as-failure/2007/12/17/ J. Givler Coaching Fri, 21 Nov 2008 11:24:10 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.1 By: Teresa Morrow http://createathrivingbusiness.com/no-such-thing-as-failure/2007/12/17/#comment-263 Teresa Morrow Sun, 30 Dec 2007 21:03:43 +0000 http://createathrivingbusiness.com/no-such-thing-as-failure/2007/12/17/#comment-263 I believe that when something doesn't work they way we expect, that is a learning experience for us. Because then you have learned what may not be working for your market or maybe it is that the message needs to be "tweaked" a bit. One idea when this happens is to do a survey to get a collection of responses from your ideal clients to see what they are looking for. You may have just gotten the day or time incorrect and that is an easy fix. Maybe what you are thought your clients wanted or needed isn't on mark....however, this is a good way to find out. I say, "Don't worry about failing...because without trying you will have NO idea if it is possible. And if something doesn't work the first time...that is just one thing. Don't give up on yourself and what you want. You are worth having what you want in life!" I believe that when something doesn’t work they way we expect, that is a learning experience for us. Because then you have learned what may not be working for your market or maybe it is that the message needs to be “tweaked” a bit. One idea when this happens is to do a survey to get a collection of responses from your ideal clients to see what they are looking for. You may have just gotten the day or time incorrect and that is an easy fix. Maybe what you are thought your clients wanted or needed isn’t on mark….however, this is a good way to find out. I say, “Don’t worry about failing…because without trying you will have NO idea if it is possible. And if something doesn’t work the first time…that is just one thing. Don’t give up on yourself and what you want. You are worth having what you want in life!”

]]> By: Carol Deckert http://createathrivingbusiness.com/no-such-thing-as-failure/2007/12/17/#comment-224 Carol Deckert Thu, 20 Dec 2007 16:39:06 +0000 http://createathrivingbusiness.com/no-such-thing-as-failure/2007/12/17/#comment-224 Each person defines failure differently. Just because something did not work the way we planned it to work, does not mean it failed. It just needs a bit of overhaul! In my opinion, if your attempts at whatever it is you are doing did not produce the results you wanted . . . you did not fail. As with all things in life, I think that FAILURE IS NOT AN OPTION! We just choose to travel a different path when the original path did not lead us where we thought it would! Try, try and sometimes try again and there will never be the option of failing. Carol Deckert, Networking Coach Referrals Unlimited Network http://www.runlancaster.com Each person defines failure differently. Just because something did not work the way we planned it to work, does not mean it failed. It just needs a bit of overhaul! In my opinion, if your attempts at whatever it is you are doing did not produce the results you wanted . . . you did not fail. As with all things in life, I think that FAILURE IS NOT AN OPTION! We just choose to travel a different path when the original path did not lead us where we thought it would! Try, try and sometimes try again and there will never be the option of failing.

Carol Deckert, Networking Coach
Referrals Unlimited Network
http://www.runlancaster.com

]]> By: Michelle http://createathrivingbusiness.com/no-such-thing-as-failure/2007/12/17/#comment-218 Michelle Wed, 19 Dec 2007 23:05:05 +0000 http://createathrivingbusiness.com/no-such-thing-as-failure/2007/12/17/#comment-218 That's a great perspective to look at marketing from! That’s a great perspective to look at marketing from!

]]> By: Jenn http://createathrivingbusiness.com/no-such-thing-as-failure/2007/12/17/#comment-210 Jenn Mon, 17 Dec 2007 16:28:29 +0000 http://createathrivingbusiness.com/no-such-thing-as-failure/2007/12/17/#comment-210 Oh - Katherine, I love this: "It is all just feedback, which if you can listen to without judging yourself, will only make you better and stronger and more primed for success in the future." It's all just feedback... and feedback definitely isn't as scary as failure. I love that you point to listening to ourselves without judging. Aren't we always so hard on ourselves? If we talked to our friends the way we sometimes talk to ourselves... we wouldn't have very many friends! Oh - Katherine, I love this:

“It is all just feedback, which if you can listen to without judging yourself, will only make you better and stronger and more primed for success in the future.”

It’s all just feedback… and feedback definitely isn’t as scary as failure.

I love that you point to listening to ourselves without judging. Aren’t we always so hard on ourselves? If we talked to our friends the way we sometimes talk to ourselves… we wouldn’t have very many friends!

]]> By: Katherine Reschke http://createathrivingbusiness.com/no-such-thing-as-failure/2007/12/17/#comment-209 Katherine Reschke Mon, 17 Dec 2007 15:57:01 +0000 http://createathrivingbusiness.com/no-such-thing-as-failure/2007/12/17/#comment-209 I totally resonate with this Jenn. Fear of failure can be so paralyzing but if everyone would just realise there is no such thing as failures - just plans that do not work as well as they could! It is all just feedback, which if you can listen to without judging yourself, will only make you better and stronger and more primed for success in the future. Learn from your "mistakes" but do not judge them. I totally resonate with this Jenn. Fear of failure can be so paralyzing but if everyone would just realise there is no such thing as failures - just plans that do not work as well as they could! It is all just feedback, which if you can listen to without judging yourself, will only make you better and stronger and more primed for success in the future. Learn from your “mistakes” but do not judge them.

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