Here’s a great quote by Woody Allen. “If you’re not failing every now and again, it’s a sign you’re not doing anything very innovative.” Isn’t that the truth!
Everywhere you look, folks are concerned with “failing.” As if by not doing precisely what they wanted—how they expected it to be done—would be a bad thing. It’s not. As the quote implies, in order for a person to be innovative, they have to go out on a limb and try new things—be innovative.
Sometimes those novelties are met with success. Other times, though the outcome isn’t exactly the way we’d planned, we chalk up the overall adventure to success. But there are times when success is a mistress who eludes us, dodging us at every turn. This is the case—sometimes—when we try and don’t quite measure up to our end goal.
Does this mean we failed? I don’t subscribe to that mentality. Why? Well…how can one consider their willingness to go out on a limb, try something new, and be innovative a failure?
Things may not turn out the way you’d planned. But then, how the heck were you to know how they were supposed to end up, never having attempted this before?
Successes and failures should not be measured solely by whether the end result is what we’d intended. Rather, we should focus on whether we were willing to try. Go outside out comfort zone. Take a risk. Make ourselves vulnerable to that which so many fear—perceived failure.
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