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The MiniDisc: the failure of a forgotten format
By: Katie Richmond
Tags: Minidisc, Failure, Design, Assumptions, Music

Sony first launched the MZ-1 MiniDisc player/recorder in 1992 and ‘MTV Unplugged: Mariah Carey’ became the first MiniDisc to be released in the US.

Sony were confident that this technology would transform the way we listen to music. At the time cassettes were flimsy and prone to snapping. You couldn’t yet record on CDs and they were easily scratched and skipping was an issue when used on-the-go in an early Discman. The MiniDisc should have been a great alternative; it offered the digital sound quality of a CD and the recordability of a cassette. Unlike a cassette, once made, a minidisc recording could be divided, combined, deleted and named.

Unfortunately this new technology came at a cost. A cost that at £463 / $750 proved off putting for most and completely unattainable for teenagers. The other issue was the fact that there were only a small number of pre-recorded albums available on MiniDisc as relatively few record labels embraced the format.

Sony made the mistake of assuming that the benefits of using their ‘superior’ product would be perceived as important enough by potential users to change their existing behaviour and overcome the costly price tag.

Changing the format of your music is a big deal, especially if you already have a large music collection. Unsurprisingly Sony only sold 50,000 units in its first year. Cassettes continued to be used for recording and the Walkman and Discman for portability.

In 1996 further competition came in the form of the newly affordable Recordable Compact Disc (CD-R). The CD-R was being used by professionals from as early as 1991 but the technology was far too expensive for the consumer market. In 1994 the cost of a blank CD-R was around $12 and Sony wrongly assumed that it would take around a decade for them to become affordable. This happened much quicker than they expected and by the late 90s blank CD-Rs sold for under $1.

I was gifted my Sharp MiniDisc player in 1999; just after Sony decided to relaunch this technology, confidently declaring 1998 ‘The Year of the MiniDisc’. Sony backed this with a thirty million dollar marketing campaign and lower priced systems, the cheapest costing £154 / $250. They also licensed MiniDisc technology to other manufacturers, leading to JVC, Panasonic, Pioneer and Sharp all producing their own MiniDisc players.

The Minidisc was relatively popular in Japan and the United Kingdom during the 1990s, but did not enjoy comparable sales in other world markets. It seems that MiniDisc did have a loyal customer base or ‘niche cult following’ of mostly musicians and audio enthusiasts and it appears there is still some interest, judging by the amounts some old MiniDisc players sell for on eBay.
How We Set Ourselves Up To Fail Or Succeed In Love
By: Sara Knick
Tags: Failure, Success Story, Relationships Love Dating, Success, Love

When we give up evolution in the direction of betterment for ourselves or our relationship, that is the moment when we admit defeat. When we think that it may be too hard to improve ourselves or feel good about ourselves, we accept the other option, which is stagnancy or no improvement.

At one point some years back, I wanted to reach an ideal weight, but I had issues with getting enough time to go to the gym. I was stressed out from my job at that time, which had a lot of responsibility attached to it.

I felt that I had to change the way that I was going about reaching my ideal weight. I was overwhelmed at a lot of the things that I would have to do in combination with each other to get there. I had to track calories, go to the gym and eat certain foods.

I didn’t want to just lose weight. I wanted more energy and to feel better about myself. I knew that it would be worthwhile in the end to get to that point of enjoyment with myself, but I had to accept the process of transformation.

I tracked myself with a closer eye. I took pictures of how I looked throughout my weight loss journey. I belonged to a Facebook group that was supportive of my journey and connected with them as needed. I kept a journal. I drank lots of water. I committed to going to the gym. I added much more fruits and vegetables to my diet.

I was very much invested in the process of losing weight, but my boyfriend wanted to spend more time with me. Between the time I spent at work and the time at the gym, the balance in my life was off.

I ended up losing the weight that I wanted. I developed a better attitude about myself and those around me. I had an openness to living my life in a new way and that is what allowed me to create success in that area of my life.

When we commit to a process, whether it be a fitness and weight loss journey or a dating journey, we allow for the ups and downs to happen as we head towards our ultimate goal. We allow for “mistakes.” We allow for triumph. We allow ourselves to explore the unknown. In this way, I found success and I know that you can, too.
I Want My Kids to Skateboard
Tags: Skateboarding, Failure, Mindset

I Want My Kids to Skateboard

I admire the hell out of skateboarders. I’ve seen no other activity where human beings, especially those in the teenage years of oppressive self-consciousness, willingly fail in public.

I say fail because out of the hundreds of times I’ve seen skateboarders around New York, I’ve never seen anyone land anything. That’s not an exaggeration. It’s a constant stream of failure.

But if no one’s landing anything, it means they’re not trying things they know how to do. In fact, it’s the opposite. It means they’re constantly trying the next thing they don’t know how to do. Whether you’re a beginner or an expert, once you knock down a move, you move on to the next one.

Is there anything else you can think of where people, in public, try something that they will most likely fail at over and over? It seems like for most people being in public is an exercise at not being looked at, at not being judged. Walk down the sidewalk and stub your toe and you immediately look around to make sure no one saw it.

Case in point: last weekend we went to the 12 tennis courts on the East River. First off, if you ever thought tennis players weren’t violent, try cutting in front of someone who’s been waiting for two and a half hours and whose name was clearly on the list. Tennis can be a full contact sport. With that type of wait, you can bet that there’s a full crowd of people watching you play. This is especially true when you’re on the courts closest to the entrance, which is where we ended up.

Now both of us played a bit growing up but we haven’t touched a racquet in years. We aren’t what people call “good”. Yet. But there’s only one way to get good, and that’s by practicing. Only in this situation, our practice was in front of 40 people, all of whom were most likely better than us and all of whom wanted our court.

In the beginning, I went anti-skateboarder. I hit the softest forehands with just enough power to go over. I’m also pretty sure I made large gestures about the sun being in my eyes after missing a shot. You know, to let the crowd know the kind of odds I was up against.

As the game progressed though, I realized two things: the entire paradigm of these people judging me was almost entirely in my head, and even if it wasn’t, they really didn’t matter. This was a chance to remove everyone else from the picture. It was just us two, under the shadow of the Williamsburg Bridge, toying around on the tennis court, getting better.

If this means my kids can understand the power of that mentality when they’re 4 and not 40, you better believe they’re throwing on the helmet and pads and jumping on a board the first minute they can.
Success or Mindset…..
By: Ankit Mehrotra
Tags: Failure, Dreams, Mindset, Success, Death

We have read stories of people who became successful in life, achieved their dreams, their goals and became billionaire and so on. Obviously who does not wants them in life but only a few achieve them. Failures can lead doubting dreams, success, their probabilities or even ourselves and somewhere the chances to fail override the positive mindset becoming negative and the efficiency gets reduced.

Suppose if we want to reach from point A to point B and we know nothing else what will be the obstacle then? It can be achieved without any friction or lag. But if we are told that there are points C and D in between they become our points of distraction and friction come in picture leading to delay or failure to reach point B. Similarly our life is full of lots of distractions, unwanted things which reduces our efficiency and increases our points of failure and latency.

A mindset of any successful person know his point A and point B clearly, where he/she is and where he/she wants to be. There might be obstacles in any form but the vision is clear and the failures becomes learnings and blessings. So are C,D points, distractions, frictions outside or they are in our mindset? Can anyone blame others for their failure or is it our mindset due to which we fail due to fear or even without attempting itself.

Mindset??

Success or Failure ,Life or Death, Right or Wrong, Truth or False, Visible or Dark,1 or 0 everything is in either of these states. If our mindset is positive, constructive, healthy the probability will be more on the bolder side. The bold ones are hard to earn and even harder with a negative mindset.

Every fear, ill-thought, negativity ends when we die, is the world over? Only our flag has been set to 0 everything remains same. The world seems over but it isn't actually. Our dreams, mindset, ideas ended for which we had fears that can fail and fallback were not even published due to our mindset.

Their Imaginations Our Reality

In todays world due to failures, negativity, drugs, depression people mindset changes and they loose everything. We haven’t brought anything in this world and neither we are going to take anything , all is a state of mind(Awake or Asleep). For a beggar on road a piece of bread might give similar pleasure and happiness as a millionaire father giving his son a Ferrari.

Every object takes the shape as per the environment it is subjected too. Similarly, our mind, thoughts develop as per the mindset we have and become our reality. Those who have achieved success in life have build it in themselves before they look outside. A dirty window pane will always give an illusion to a driver that dirt is outside. Only we can see the reality outside when we have built an ability to detach ourselves from all sort of impurities and the medium is clean.
Hello. It’s Me.
By: Brad Creech
Tags: Failure, Christianity, Creative Writing, Life, Life Lessons

Failure opens his mouth:

Hello. It’s me, Failure. I know, we just talked a minute ago. What can I say? I like to be heard. Listen, I’m going to level with you on some things. It’s obvious you like to hear from Encouragement, Hope, Comfort, Peace, and all those other guys. The problem is they just set you up for disappointment. They’re just saying whatever they can to make you feel better. It’s time you started appreciating me! I tell you the hard truth! I give you the facts!

Get away from me failure! I’m not going to listen to you!

You don’t have a choice! I’m the loudest voice in your head. Do you really think you can drown me out?! You’re going to have to admit it sooner or later. I know a success story when I see one. And you? You’re just a lost cause.

I’m doing the best I can.

Oh, I know. I’ll give it to you. You tried real hard. You gave it your best shot. But you and I both know the only thing that matters is results. Let’s think about yours. Look at your hands. Empty. Look at your life. It’s a train wreck! Look at your family. Do they even like you? Look at your life. God has to be shaking His head. The people you love? You’ve failed them all. There’s no hope for you!

I can get better

FAILURE!

I’ll pray more

FAILURE!

I mean, I guess…

FAILURE!

Just let me breathe!

FAILURE!

“Enough!,” a third voice interrupts:

It’s me, Jesus. You do remember me, don’t you? I can’t believe you are still listening to this guy. Yes, you fail quite often. But that is not who you are anymore. That is not your identity. Failure is an expert in half truths. He is telling you the first part of the story, but not the rest.

Who paid for all your failings? I did. That weight is no longer on your shoulders. You’ve lived a broken life, but on the cross your shame fell on me. I lived a perfect life. Because I stood in your place that perfection was counted as yours. To believe anything else is not only seeing yourself as a failure, but seeing me as one too. And you know that’s not true.

You are no failure. You are a child of God! Failure thought he had you, but he lost you. He’s just mad because he failed.

Failure is persistent. He will be back. So will I, to remind you once again.
MY EXPERIENCE ABOUT NOT GIVING UP.
By: Precious Ijeoma Peter
Tags: Hard Work, Failure, Perserverance, Faith

This is my first publication here, I’m writing this because I feel like thousands of people out there do not believe in themselves. #It’s okay to fail because you learn from it. I have failed countless times. But my experience in June 2020 has taught me that when you least expect things, that’s when they come to you.#

In 2017, I graduated from the University of Calabar in Nigeria. Getting a job in my country was quite difficult, as most jobs required applicants writing tedious assessments. For me, the assessments were difficult because I sucked at numerical reasoning. In 2018, I wrote my first assessment in an audit firm and I got rejected after the assessment. I cried all day because I studied so hard for it. After my first assessment, I wrote numerous exams in different companies, and I failed again and again.

In January 2020, I applied for a job in a firm, this time around, I was determined to excel in all stages. First, before I start sharing my strategy, I would like to let you know about my personality. I’m usually an introvert that loves doing things on my own, and I never had friends. Back to my strategy… what I did was to work on my personality by making friends with people who shared a similar vision. In order to excel, I knew I had to find those who had what I needed… it’s what I call “Smartness+Hardwork Combo”. I kept talking to these people all day long because I needed to build trust and create a sense of closure. However, I did achieve my goal by gaining their trust, and I remained a good friend. They taught me all day long, and I was getting better at solving numerical reasoning.

I wrote my first, second and third assessment at the audit firm, and luckily, I excelled to the final stage which was an “Interview stage”.

The interview came, and I was so confident I would ace it. I finished my interview with the hope of getting the job and quitting my journey writing job assessments. That week, I slept and ate peacefully like a baby. Also, I imagined myself creating innovative ideas in this firm. However, reality struck, I got a rejected after two weeks.

I cried for days and I couldn’t eat. I stopped believing in myself. One day, I stumbled upon a job online. At first, I was so reluctant about the job because I felt that I would still get a rejection. However, I applied, but I don’t know what made me apply for this job. Months passed, and I didn’t hear from them.

One day, I got a call from a strange number, and it was the HR of the company. He asked me a few questions on the phone, which I answered. Minutes later after the call, I got a message from the HR stating that I got the job. I was shocked because I didn’t write an assessment, and I didn’t stress myself so much for this job.

Moral of my experience:
Force, Flow, Fail
By: Lennie Varvarides
Tags: Failure, Writing Tips, Poetry, Poem, Writing

A poem about trying to force it

Image taken from Journal 8#

I made the stupid mistake of thinking

that I was somehow leading

This merry little incident,

called a poem.

What an amateur I am;

Flow can’t be…

forced or conjured or prompted.

A better poet would know that.

Poems are not products …of capitalism.

We can’t have one, just because we want one.

Poems are not plumbs to be picked.

Or pretty little packages to be displayed.

A better poet would know that too.

They would know

not to want or wait or whine

about the poem they could not write.

A real poet

knows a poem can’t be owned,

Therefore, I would like to apologies

for trying so desperately to

get your attention this morning.

It was foolish.

I am sorry.

I know now you are not mine.
Embracing Failure: How Past Mistakes Helped Shape Future Successes
By: Jill Merkel
Tags: Failure, Failure Stories, Small Business Owner, Entrepreneurship, Entrepreneur

Embracing failure is such a powerful concept. How often do we find ourselves hesitating to do something outside of our comfort zone for fear of failure? I love this quote from Jenny Blake’s book Pivot: “How can something be a failure if it is a critical building block of your growth?” I have certainly found this to be true the last four years since becoming an entrepreneur and business owner. I have found that every time I “fail” or experience a rejection, there is something to be learned from that experience.

When I first moved to Nashville to start my own business, I was terrified. I was also excited, but fear, and especially fear of failure, was a major factor at that stage. So much so that while I laid the foundation for my business and got all the necessary pieces into place, I was constantly searching for a backup option. I was just applying for things out of fear — that my business wasn’t going to work, that I was going to fail, and maybe even as an excuse to not give my business my all. During that time, there were things that I applied for, interviewed for, and didn’t get. Some of those rejections were so upsetting even when I wasn’t sure it was something I wanted! It was such a stressful time. Eventually, I had to shut down the fear, embrace failure and focus solely on building my business. Once I did that, I found that opportunities actually began coming to me that were more aligned with my business and my interests. Then, I was so thankful that some of those other things hadn’t worked out so that I had the space and ability to say “yes!” to these opportunities.

Even now, over four years into my business, I have to remind myself that not everything I do or try to do is going to be a success. And that is ok. I now embrace these “failures”, look for the lessons in them, and use them to restructure for future ideas. For example, a couple years ago, I tried to launch an in-person group program. While I had a lot of interest, I did not get enough people to sign up for the program and so I had to cancel. I was disappointed and went through a moment (or several) of feeling like a failure and wanting to give up. But then I thought about it some more, discussed it with some trusted friends and colleagues, and decided that there were things I could do better. This was the first time I had tried to do something like this and it was a learning experience. I restructured the idea and eventually began my Intuitive Eating Virtual Small group coaching programs!

I think some of my greatest struggles as a nutrition entrepreneur are centered around fear. Fear of failure, of not being good enough, of comparing myself to others who appear to be further ahead than I am. I have to remind myself to embrace the failures and to view them not as a reason to stop or give up, but as learning opportunities that are necessary for growth and future successes.
How to lose an AI challenge
By: Aron Szeles
Tags: Mistakes, Failure, Learning, Machine Learning, AI

Mistakes were made

Photo by Sarah Kilian on Unsplash

And as of last week, results have been announced, as you might have guessed by the title, I did not win, but since then my learning sky-rocketed, and I know I have made a lot of silly mistakes, for instance, my network was likely overfitting as I was arrogant enough to discard any advice of having a validation set, I was sure that having more data is more useful and I know better. My code had awful complexity, which might have been the reason my submission did not make it, and I was also not using any metric outside accuracy, like recall, precision or the F1 score. I also did not do any exploratory data analysis, I just went straight to cleaning and feeding it to the neural network.
𝗪𝗵𝘆 𝗗𝗼 𝗣𝗲𝗼𝗽𝗹𝗲 𝗙𝗮𝗶𝗹 𝗶𝗻 𝗔𝗳𝗳𝗶𝗹𝗶𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗸𝗲𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴?
By: Suraj Nagarwal
Tags: Failure, Reason, How To, Affiliate Marketing, Why

❓𝗪𝗵𝘆 𝗗𝗼 𝗣𝗲𝗼𝗽𝗹𝗲 𝗙𝗮𝗶𝗹 𝗶𝗻 𝗔𝗳𝗳𝗶𝗹𝗶𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗸𝗲𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴?

So many people fail in Affiliate Marketing. Most of the blogs write blogging about affiliate marketing and how anyone can make money with affiliate marketing. Promote someone else product and get some great commission on every sale. Actually, it is a really simple process but not easy. It takes time and a lot of time to make your audience value and reputation in your audience. A value content on that behalf people knows you.

You will be tired of reading and watching videos about how people will succeed and how they earned — — -$(Amount) in — Days(In days). You should act on how they made this amount of money in those days.

✅Reason Why People fail in Affiliate Marketing

𝟏. 𝐋𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐨𝐟 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐟𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞

𝟐. 𝐒𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐲 𝐎𝐛𝐣𝐞𝐜𝐭 𝐒𝐲𝐧𝐝𝐫𝐨𝐦𝐞

𝟑. 𝐋𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐨𝐟 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐭

𝟒. 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐲

𝟓. 𝐏𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞

➡️𝐋𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐨𝐟 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐟𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞

Many people have a big lack of confidence that doesn’t believe in his/herself. Always these find his/herself in a negative environment and showing excuses to others. I have tried this but didn’t earn anything so It’s not working. I don’t have skill than how I will do that.

If you always showing excuses then why you will succeed. Everyone knows how they can solve their problems and issue.

If you don’t have anything then Start with what you have.

If you don’t have the skill then find people who will teach you and will do for you.

➡️𝐒𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐲 𝐎𝐛𝐣𝐞𝐜𝐭 𝐒𝐲𝐧𝐝𝐫𝐨𝐦𝐞

Many people have affected by this shiny object syndrome and they always change their path and frequently. People who are not stable in their work than how they will succeed in their path. Some people always change their path regularly if they don’t get results or attract other people “Hey I made 2000$ within 2 hours”. This type of content will confuse them. They always change their course. They always change their plan.

So It’s really tough to get results. We have to focused on one thing and if we succeed in that one thing then after that we have to choose another one.

✨✨”𝘍𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘰𝘸 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘳 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘴𝘦 𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘭 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘨𝘦𝘵 𝘴𝘶𝘤𝘤𝘦𝘦𝘥

“✨✨

➡️𝐋𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐨𝐟 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐭

Many people are promoting products without their interest. They just those products who give them a better commission after a few weeks and months they didn’t find success. If you are not doing what you want they how you will succeed. Focus on that thing in which you are really interested.

➡️𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐲

Consistency is the key to your success. If you are not consistent with your work then how people will connect to you. Provide value to your audience on regular basis and make a relation with them. Regular update your content on the platform.

➡️𝐏𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞

Many people don’t have patience in life. They always run behind success. Remember one thing no one will be successful overnight. Just ask some great affiliate marketers how they spend their time and doing it for how many years. Ask them if how much money and time they spend on (paid advertising, Content creation, or other expenses). Always be positive and Follow the step by step process and make a plan for yourself.
7 Super Powers For Entrepreneurship
By: Lee Jing Jenn
Tags: Failure, Skills, Entrepreneurship, Entreprenuer, Superpowers

Personally, I have experienced a few small business adventures ranging from home decoration, customer loyalty platform development, property investment business, etc. I have failed a lot and I am still failing with the belief that every failure is taking me closer to success. Hereby I humbly summarize 33 essential skills to master to have a higher rate of success in entrepreneurship. I will use this story to record and remind myself of the important points and revisit them whenever I need them. I will be grateful if these points can benefit any readers who are on the journey of entrepreneurship or about to start one.

“Success is not final; failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.” — Winston Churchill, Former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom

Entrepreneurship is a beautiful word but also a bitter one in the face of constant unknowns and countless failures. The process of starting a business is a serious test and challenge for any entrepreneur and requires a strong combination of skills. Therefore, what kind of superpower is required for an entrepreneur to master?
3 Things to Do When Life Says NO to You
By: Yousuf Rafi
Tags: Self Improvement, Failure, Life, Success, Hope

1. Stop Crying & Start Exploring

Life is too short to waste in the past.

Rejection might close one path for you, but if you change your perspective, you’ll see that more paths are waiting for you. And if you are lucky enough, soon you’ll realize that the closed door was a gift from God.

“If God closes a door AND a window, consider the fact that it might be time to build a whole new house.” ~Mandy Hale, The Single Woman: Life, Love, and a Dash of Sass

Don’t be shortsighted by failure. Consider every failure as your opportunity to try again.

Stop blaming the world around you and start working for a solution. If an opportunity knocks you, get back up, clear the dust, and try again.

2. Visualize the End

Matthew Syed, in his amazing book, Bounce, talks about possibility thinking.

“A common trait between all the successful athletes is that they visualize their end to every detail.”

Failure is just a phase. Don’t overthink about it. Instead, figure out what didn’t work. Plan an alternative strategy, close your eyes, and visualize the results in your mind.

When you see the end from your mind’s eye, it gives hope, resistance, and a soothing feeling. Indeed, it might be challenging to see the bright side when you are down there alone in the dark. But trust me, life is more about exploring the bright side rather than cursing the world around you.

When you stop thinking about all the negatives that can happen and start thinking about the positives, that’s when miracles happen.

Ignore the critics. Do whatever you can do and leave the rest to your imagination. Let the law of attraction do the rest of the work.

3. Seek Help from an expert

If you plan to go somewhere you haven’t been, you ask people who have already been there. That’s seeking advice. When you fail at something, there is a good chance that mediocre people will blame you or people around you and demotivate you to try again.

But understand that whatever you want to do has been done by someone. Seek out, experts. Read books. Watch videos. Improve your craft and try again. Nothing is impossible. Even the word impossible says that it is possible.

Don’t worry about failing. It’s part of the process. When you die, contemplate and see what went wrong. Ask for guidance, and try again harder.

Life is too short to cry and too big to try.

The successful people don’t fear defeat. They fear not trying again. They fear the regret that they’ll feel by not trying something.

Keep in mind that until you are alive, you are breathing for a reason. Don’t ever think that life is mistreating you because God is just making your life for a bigger purpose.

Get up, get doing, and never look back.
I really like this piece.
Tags: Failure, Failure To Success, Bigger Picture, Failure Stories

I really like this piece. I love people who are honest and upfront about their failures just as much as their successes. I actually admire it and listen more to people who can say they have failed because It helps me to see that they are human and on a journey. No one really becomes a success over night either. Being able to see the bigger picture is a great thing. Many of us look back at what we thought were failures and nothing is entirely wasted whether that was failing a course or wasting money trying to start a business. We all come out the other side learning something about ourselves.
The first words of this piece irritated me, for I am eternally grateful for much love and care in…
By: Sterling Page
Tags: Failure, Personal Development, Life, Gratitude, Life Lessons

The first words of this piece irritated me, for I am eternally grateful for much love and care in my world. I misread your intent, thinking you meant it’s all rubbish.

I'm glad I continued because, of course, you are right: in order to be genuinely grateful for those tender cares in our worlds, we must appreciate the kicks we take in our teeth for the times we were careless and the lessons we learned.

Thank you, Julia, for the reminder. And for feeding those turkeys. 💜
Your failures made you smarter and stronger
By: Arnav Roy
Tags: Failure, Strength, Mental Health, Trauma, Coach

Your struggles, battles, setbacks, traumas, mess ups, failures.

They’ve all made you stronger and smarter.

They were just lessons to make you the amazing person you are today.

Be proud of how strong you are.
Effectiveness
By: Phil Mckinney
Tags: Leadership, Failure, Quotes, Inspiration, Success

No matter how much the boss or the customers yelled or threatened, the locomotive pulling freight and passenger cars refused to move. They were dead in the water.

The day started out as planned, but then went from good to bad. The train lurched to a stop without warning. Upon investigation, the engine had somehow lost a required part — a single screw. A screw they did not have and one not stocked at the closest repair depot.

A locomotive that costs $6M was unusable for a 1 cent part.

Most think that career achievement comes from succeeding at high-profile tasks and responsibilities. I’ve seen promising careers get derailed by overlooking insignificant items that turned out to be critical — like the screw.

💡 What are you overlooking, because you think it is insignificant, that could cause major issues?
Righting a Wrong Choice
By: Judy H. Wright Author Historian Intuitivewisewoman
Tags: Mistakes, Forgiveness, Failure, Coaching, Choices

1. Reflection (Take some time to think about the choice you made and what else you could have done)

2. Recognize (Acknowledge that what you did was wrong, disrespectful, or unkind)

3. Remorse (Sincere feeling of sadness in your heart that it happened and that you either knowingly or unknowingly hurt someones. Express it in an apology)

4. Restitution (Try to make it better by returning, repairing, or restoring, if possible. What do you think is fair?)

5. Resolve (To make wiser choices in the future by thinking of options and the kind of person you want to be)

Everyone and everything deserves a second chance.

Connect with Judy Helm Wright — Author/Coach/IntuitiveWiseWoman
Winning After Losing
By: Sylvia Silvers, Aka Sylvia Astuti Gunawan
Tags: Failure, Obstacles, Entrepreneurship, Challenge, Winning

“An entrepreneur is a man who knows he can fail, but he does not accept to fail before he actually fails, and when he fails he learns from his errors and moves on.”

~Bangambiki Habyarimana, Pearls Of Eternity~

When things were not going as planned, I used to panic and was busy with my own mind.

“Just remember that everything happens for a great reason. You must take a rest. Go and have the massage, I know that it always helps.”

That simple conversation with Silver has opened my mind.

When I feel tired or stuck with something, just stop and step back.

To this day, I win a lot in my life because of my failures.

I learned the lessons.

It made me a stronger person.

I’ve grown so much from it.

“Keep running; keep dreaming, keep alive the flame of hope; defeat and despair will not catch up with you”

~Bangambiki Habyarimana, Pearls Of Eternity~

Now when I look back, I can’t thank you enough for all those obstacles along my journey.

It has built my character as well as my career.

Come to think about it, the more something pushed me, the bigger I become.

It’s just like throwing gasoline into the fire.

The struggle is always real.

I’ve been there, and I am sure that another one will come again.

I found out that the biggest battle is always between me and myself.

How much I take things for granted, how much I am willing to see it with my open mind and grow out of it.
Same here! I love her perspective. I think it’s a worthy aspiration for all of us.
Tags: Failure, Advice, Creativity, Writing, Reading

Fantastic! I love Gilbert's attitude towards rejection. It's something I need to adopt very soon.

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The Secret of Overcoming Your Failures
Tags: Failuresinlife, Failuresdefinition, Failures

Overcoming Your Failures

In recent years, individuals and groups from various sectors have been heavily promoting mental health.

What Is The Hyping All About?

Some may wonder. Mental health has to do with the proper functioning of the mind which enables an individual to make sound decisions and lead what is generally considered a normal life or, as Oxford puts it, “one’s emotional well-being, especially regarding one’s outlook on life”.



The mind is where every thought is conceived, and following that, inevitably, every action negative or positive. The kind of thoughts one has and the results thereof depend highly on one’s state of mind.



The state of mind is something that is built over time through experience and beliefs, among other things. It is a result of what we hear and see.



The mind processes what it has been exposed to and then defines what is possible and what is not possible. It battles between your wins and your failures



Consequently, as thoughts are created in the mind, they can either be dismissed or developed depending on one’s state of mind.

It is then up to an individual whether they allow their thoughts to be overpowered by what is stored in their mind.



These thoughts themselves, if adopted and developed by the mind, they then form part of what or who an individual becomes.

They are further used as a reference in processing future thoughts or reconsidering what is already stored in the mind.



Henry Hamblin states that thoughts are the greatest power
Best 40 quotes about failure to success.
Tags: Inspirational Quotes, Failure, Motivational, Failure To Success, Inspirational

Many people make goals to succeed in life and everyone have to make one goal without a goal man is useless. I hope, you have chosen a big goal in your life. Hare to start your struggle and failure in life. starting to achieve a goal lot of problems and failure comes. that’s why I’m going to share with you quotes about failure and success. These inspirational failure quotes are so helpful, so remember quotes about failure and success.

Best 40 quotes about failure to success.

“Giving up is the only sure way to fail.” — Gena Showalter

“Failure isn’t fatal, but failure to change might be” — John Wooden

“Only those who dare to fail greatly can ever achieve greatly.” — Robert F. Kennedy

“It’s failure that gives you the proper perspective on success.” — Ellen DeGeneres.

“When we give ourselves permission to fail, we, at the same time,

give ourselves permission to excel.” — Eloise Ristad

“I can accept failure, everyone fails at something.

But I can’t accept not trying.” — Michael Jordan

“Failure is simply the opportunity to begin again,

this time more intelligently.” — Henry Ford

failure is the part of life and success. if you are not fail then remember you’re going worn way. If you want see more to strong mentality to face the difficulty click the more
farfari
Tags: Others, Success, Failure, Kindness

I will fail often, I will succeed often, which will I do more of?

My value is not in my successes or failures, it is in being.

When I hurt physically or emotionally, I can lash out to others, or I can offer kindness to others. Which will I do more of?

By feeding others, I can feed myself. There is no greater gift. Kindness.
6 Daily Habits That Can Make You Successful
By: Satta Matkaa
Tags: Satta Matka, Failure, Online Games, Steve Jobs, Success

Image Credit - Google

“Your habits will determine your future.”

Humans are duty bound. We cannot lead our life without getting ourselves engaged. It might be our interest or we are compelled. Again it might be good or bad. But continuous effort i.e. habit can make you successful one day. Becoming rich by playing satta matka seems easy; however winning in the online game cannot let you called as a successful person as there is a gap between rich and successful.

Look at the six daily habits described below. Following these could make you successful, for sure. Let’s discuss:

1. Get up early — Waking up early in the morning has numerous golden benefits. It has strong impact on you from health to wealth. There is no millionaire on the earth who is passionate about sleeping. It’s weird to utter six hours of sleep is necessary for an adult to stay healthy. The duration depends on our habits. If you make it less, the body starts to adopt this. There will be no problem at all. Always keep in mind you should a mile ahead before your competitor starts his/her voyage.

2. Do regular exercise — Physical activity is much needed to stay healthy. It not only relaxes our body but also help us inhale proper amount of oxygen in to the body. Do a mild morning walk before the sun appears in the horizon. The morning breeze refreshes your mind. It fills positive attitude within you. Yes… It’s a psychological effect.

3. Keeping silence — Befriend with silence. The consequence will be known to you only. The habit makes you more focused. Definitely this would further enable you achieve your goal. As you know through deep concentration one can do many impossible things. This is the case I want you to draw your attention on.

4. Keep a daily to-do list — Just remembering one thing and writing this as a note are two separate things. The first one may not compel you all time but the latter one does this. Thus before stepping out for the daily activity, never forget to prepare a written to-do list. It would make you more responsible.

5. Studious — Whatever you do will require your knowledge and intelligence on that subject. So be studious and understand the core concept. This would make you competent in your respective field. Try to continue this habit as long as you can. I can say this is the most important thing of a successful person.

6. Never fear failure — The fear of failure may not allow you to start a task. If you don’t start, how can you win, just think. So plan well; start the job without keeping win and failure in mind. To boost your confidence, you can often read few inspirational biographies. I recommend to read — Steve Jobs by Walter Isaacson.
After the Fall —
By: Blair Fawcett
Tags: Failure, Emotions, The Bad Influence, Angst, Vulnerability

What does it mean to fall, What does it mean to win?

Hands and knees on the ground,

The rain streams down my face.

The cool, hard pavement sends rivulets of water over my hands.

Photo by Andy Grizzell on Unsplash

What does it mean to fail,

What does it mean to succeed?

I can see the dice being thrown again and again. They tumble from my hands and onto the table, an ecstasy of divine chance.

Photo by Joel Abraham on Unsplash

Belatedly, I realize that I’m the one torturing myself.

I blink the rain and tears from my eyes. I’m suddenly frustrated with my own sense of grief and terror.

Invisible chords string me up and I’m off the pavement.

My legs wobble beneath me.

Now I have to face myself and prove what I’m worth.

Looking at myself in the mirror never seemed so difficult.

Photo by Rendiansyah on Unsplash

For a chance to succeed, I have felt the cruel pang of failure too often.

Sometimes I feel that my own failure will break me, will even render the flesh from my bones.

I can see myself melting, falling to pieces in the shower.

Photo by Hannah Xu on Unsplash

I shake myself, reminding myself that I must get myself together. I open the door.
Philosophical attitude with failures.
By: Danil Sergeev
Tags: Failure, Self Improvement, First Post, Life Lessons, Motivation

Dear Friends, this is my pilot blog post. I hope you enjoy it. If you like it, please do not forget to clap my article and give me a feedback. Thank you.

If you ever tried to solve a really hard task, you definitely faced our today’s topic of the article — It is failures. In our life exists two concepts, mistake, and problem. Do you understand the difference between these? They are very similar to each other, but not all you understand the true difference. Let me explain from a “solving a task” perspective: a mistake — when you know how you should solve a task, but because of any reason, you do it wrong. The problem, however, is a situation in which you absolutely do not know what to do. Both are failures.

When you make a mistake or face a problem, this makes you choose: either you thoroughly understand the problem ( learn something new or analyzing something old that you already know ), either you abandon a task. You probably already understood my point — failures are incredibly important and they are the engines of your progress. It doesn’t matter at all, what will be the final result when you have solved a task. The most important thing is what will be the experience you get from solving a hard-trying problem or from a complete analysis of your error.

During my life, I have solved a huge amount of non-trivial technical & management tasks. I could declare with confidence that neither books, neither YouTube videos, neither courses had not influenced my self-development that much, as all of these countless failures during “solving a problem” had.

All these thoughts above are quite simple and I think many of you have them inside your mind. But I address my message to precisely those who avoid difficult tasks, no matter how, shifting problems onto other people or smoothing corners — you MUST get involved in this hard struggle for your own further self-development. And I address it to those of you, who previously treated mistakes as a negative phenomenon — you MUST change your attitude. Because the main part of your “true” self-development is failures. You will never get success if you will have such an attitude that I have described above. I believe that all of you want to achieve something great in your life. Of course, you should not overdo it, because a breakdown is much worse.
When I planned to become a writer, I failed and got me stuck for years
By: Erika Becerra
Tags: Failure, Stuck In Life, Writer, Writing, Self-awareness

Photo by 青 晨 on Unsplash

I had this idea of getting into university to get my literature knowledge up to speed, to learn the terms, types of literature, redaction styles, and in the process find my own voice. I got into comparing myself with other classmates I admired. I could see my classmates blossoming their unique writing voice, but I didn’t.

Our teachers started to challenge us more, my personal life was bad, my attitude was dragging me down even more into feeling left out. I tried to use my personal issues as being the purpose of my lack of improvement.

There was this belief that the messier the life of a person, the better writer it can strive to be.

B**S**t!

Before university, I had been writing daily, either journaling or writing stories (long and short) for close friends, some just for me. Once in university, I had this perfectionist mentality that only stomped my writing habit, it didn’t come from the teachers, it all came from me: comparing myself to others I admired, belittling my ideas, and invalidating my voice.

I stopped going to school, stopped all writing, I stopped even reading books. I was just so fed up with the feelings of failure. I had created a plan to become a writer and it went horribly wrong. I didn’t feel like I thought I would, I didn’t have the automatic response to improve my writing. I had to cut off everything that was related to that dream I had.
Reflection point: Assumptions and failures
Tags: Assumptions, Failure, UX

Why do some popular company's products fail? Their assumptions about the users is a start. Take Coca-Cola Blak for instance. This super sweet drink with a coffee-inspired bitter aftertaste was quick to fail. Imagine a soda and coffee hybrid. The thought of it might intrigue or simply disgust you.

According to this article on Mashed, Coca-Cola spokesman Scott Williamson described the assumptions about the target audience,

“We think it will appeal to folks who are looking for a pick-me-up at any point in the day, particularly adults in their 20s and 30s”

Not only did they fail to empathize with their users, but they were also counting on their successful name to sell the product; however, the taste and lack of identity were stronger than the company’s name by the time the product hit the market. This further proves how successful companies with big names fail. Failure is important no matter what size your company is, it brings about innovation. Coco-cola created a new drink, Coca-Cola with coffee, that “has a great Coca-Cola taste infused with rich, luxurious coffee flavor, and provides a unique way to enjoy the everyday coffee experience”. I think for now I’ll keep my soda separate and coffee black.

(Write-up for Designlab UXA assignment)
Hey Louise,
Tags: Failure, Lessons

Hey Louise,

Love every single lesson shared by your nephew! I find the ability to fail and get up to try again the most admiring. It builds character!

I’ve recently become an uncle to a wonderful nephew just this year. I hope he’s as wise to teach me awesome lessons like these in a few years ☺️😍