Hardwiring Accountability

Recently Paul Brown at the New York Times wrote an article describing how failure isn’t always bad. No one is naturally good at everything they do all the time. In order to get better at anything in life, you have to continuously work at it. That means accepting that failure is part of life. It is how you deal with that failure that is important. Once you are faced with failure, you have two options, you can give up or you can persevere and continue on until you reach your goals. No one ever said it was going to be easy. When it’s something you have a real passion for and want to succeed at, you realize that all the failure and effort you put in is worth it in the end when you overcome your hurdles and actually achieve your goals. This is true both personally and professionally.

In life we have to take risks and try new things. That may mean not always being the best at something the first time around. That doesn’t mean that you give up and stop trying though. In order to succeed, one must be determined and not let a little failure become discouraging and prevent you from pursuing your goals. Anything really worth having in life takes hard work, persistence and determination. Often times that entails accepting failure before success. We tend to learn our most valuable lessons when we fail and have to try again at something. If we never took risks because we were scared of failure, we could miss out on amazing opportunities!