Why Failure Works (and makes you successful)

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One of my favorite blogs is Trizle. They have a unique and goofy way of communicating basic business truths. The topics they cover resonate with me because they are the foundational concepts that lead to success; just really good common sense stuff. Today’s post caught my eye though. It’s about failure and why it works in making a person successful.

I’ve pondered failure a lot in my career as an aspiring entreprenuer. I’ve gone from avoiding it all costs to embracing the eventuality of it because I know failure leads to success. I even have a saying that I foist on anyone who’ll stick around long enough for it to make it out of my mouth when the topic of failure or success comes up. Ready for it?

“Fear of failure will cause you to fail before you can fail from trying”

Get it? You know, being afraid will cause you to fail before you can…aww, whatever. I’m sure you get the point.

Anyways, here’s the post from Trizle. Check it out, join Trizle’s mailing list, tell me what you think about their post and Trizle in the comments, and most of all, have a Rocking day!

Say X has an 80% chance of failing.

• So, X has a 20% chance of succeeding.

That means, you succeed 1 time for 5 tries (on average); or even better:

1. You succeed 2 times for 10 tries.
2. You suceed 5 times for 25 tries.
3. You succeed 20 times for 100 tries.
4. You succeed 100 times for 500 tries.
5. Etc., etc., etc.

That is, the more times you try/experiment/test, the
more successes you’ll find.

Why Failure Works from Trizle – Full Article here