SETBACKS & FAILURES


All of us aim to succeed in the tasks we set out to perform, but it is important to note that different people define success differently.

For some it is simply being able to complete an activity/task, while others measure it in terms of time, energy and/or resources spent in an effort to complete said activity/task.

 

In any scenario, we often come to think of the presence of delays and setbacks as a hallmark feature of failure, which we are taught to avoid at any cost. This indoctrination comes in various forms and in all walks of our lives.

 

What I have come to understand, however, is that can choose our response to any setback.

 

When we remove the concept of failure, replacing it with setbacks along the long road leading to success, each setback becomes a defining moment in our endeavor towards success.

Resolution of each obstacle now becomes a milestone for new developments, change in perspective and learning.

 

There is no failure, only the ongoing process of learning at the end of each obstacle. This becomes cause for celebration – little moments of joy on the grand road to great successes!

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