Learn From the Failure of Others
Eleanor Roosevelt once said, “Learn from the mistakes of others. You can’t live long enough to make them all yourself.”
I’ve been living in this world for 45 years and I’m so grateful that I’ve been surrounded by some incredible people who’ve had huge failures and that I was able to learn from them. I’m of the belief that experience is not the best teacher but learning from someone else’s experience is the best teacher.
On our journey to living life effectively, someone else’s failure can be a much greater teacher to us.
If you don’t learn from the first time you do something incorrectly, you’ll continue to do it the same way in the future. But that mentality can be improved. Why learn solely from your mistakes when you can learn from the mistakes of others?
In fact, according to a recent study by two researchers at Bristol University in England, we learn from our mistakes, but it turns out that we could learn more from others’ mistakes.
Learning from others requires a different approach than focusing inward. As a case in point, even though you may be comfortable admitting your mistakes, and learning from them, others may not be. While most people enjoy touting their success, admitting their shortcomings doesn’t come easy.
Learning the hard way is to learn from our mistakes.
Learning the easy way is to learn from the mistakes of others.
Learn from other people’s failure, learn from your mistakes, and learn from those who are mostly experienced. Failures are feedback, and every failure holds a lesson. Today, I want to encourage you to watch other people like a hawk and when they falter, take notes for your learning purposes.
Courage is certainly required in this life. I say this because failure is such a huge part of living — it happens to us all. So, is there a lesson to be learned from failure?
Successful people seem to think so. Thomas Edison shared it was “ten thousand failures” that led to the final success of a working light bulb. Therein lies a lesson about failure: keep moving forward regardless of failure or the number of failed attempts and make a commitment to learn from all forms of failures.
Failure is for everyone, but success is for those who learn from the failure of others.
Married couples, invest quality time with your spouse with The Marriage Deck, from our partner, Rosemary Winbush. Visit her website to learn more about this 100-card tool that is designed to help you strengthen your marriage: www.rosemarywinbush/products.
I encourage you to consider one of our coaching programs. I have more than 20 years of experience helping others maximize their potential and reach their goals. We offer one-on-one coaching and group life management coaching. Both programs will help you get to where you want to be. There is a life you promised yourself. Don't forget about it. Let me help you.
I’ve been living in this world for 45 years and I’m so grateful that I’ve been surrounded by some incredible people who’ve had huge failures and that I was able to learn from them. I’m of the belief that experience is not the best teacher but learning from someone else’s experience is the best teacher.
On our journey to living life effectively, someone else’s failure can be a much greater teacher to us.
If you don’t learn from the first time you do something incorrectly, you’ll continue to do it the same way in the future. But that mentality can be improved. Why learn solely from your mistakes when you can learn from the mistakes of others?
In fact, according to a recent study by two researchers at Bristol University in England, we learn from our mistakes, but it turns out that we could learn more from others’ mistakes.
Learning from others requires a different approach than focusing inward. As a case in point, even though you may be comfortable admitting your mistakes, and learning from them, others may not be. While most people enjoy touting their success, admitting their shortcomings doesn’t come easy.
Learning the hard way is to learn from our mistakes.
Learning the easy way is to learn from the mistakes of others.
Learn from other people’s failure, learn from your mistakes, and learn from those who are mostly experienced. Failures are feedback, and every failure holds a lesson. Today, I want to encourage you to watch other people like a hawk and when they falter, take notes for your learning purposes.
Courage is certainly required in this life. I say this because failure is such a huge part of living — it happens to us all. So, is there a lesson to be learned from failure?
Successful people seem to think so. Thomas Edison shared it was “ten thousand failures” that led to the final success of a working light bulb. Therein lies a lesson about failure: keep moving forward regardless of failure or the number of failed attempts and make a commitment to learn from all forms of failures.
Failure is for everyone, but success is for those who learn from the failure of others.
Married couples, invest quality time with your spouse with The Marriage Deck, from our partner, Rosemary Winbush. Visit her website to learn more about this 100-card tool that is designed to help you strengthen your marriage: www.rosemarywinbush/products.
I encourage you to consider one of our coaching programs. I have more than 20 years of experience helping others maximize their potential and reach their goals. We offer one-on-one coaching and group life management coaching. Both programs will help you get to where you want to be. There is a life you promised yourself. Don't forget about it. Let me help you.
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