Embracing Failure

Embracing Failure is a mindset, a paradigm, understood by all successful people throughout time, if not consciously, at least instinctually. Anyone who has ever enjoyed sustained success in any field or endeavor has experienced failure, usually great failure. Failures build character and guide us to learn what not to do next time; failures can be great teachers.

Most of us are are filled with fear. We fear success, we fear pain, we fear loss, we fear unmet needs, and perhaps most of all, we fear failure. We learn to not take unnecessary risks, we learn to play it safe, we learn to be comfortable and satisfied crawling through life. Most of us. Some of us though, learn to accept the fear of failure and walk through it. Courage is not a lack of fear, but a willingness to walk through it. This book then, is about accepting the fear. As we learn to first acknowledge, then accept, and finally embrace the possibility of failure, we can learn to try anyway. And as we continue to try, no matter what, eventual success is assured.

The book is currently available on CreateSpace at: https://www.createspace.com/3461623 and on Amazon.com (printed version) at: Embracing Failure: The Way of Success
(available soon in a Kindle version).

Chapter Outline

1. Embracing failure
2. A new mindset
3. The negative power of procrastination
4. Risking nothing yields nothing
5. Releasing fearful expectations
6. Escaping the comfort zone
7. A willingness to make mistakes
8. Failure is inevitable, but fleeting
9. Celebrating victories, celebrating failures
10. A holistic and integrated approach
11. Onward, living and sharing a new way