Happy New Year 2019
Its been another Good Year
2018 is slowly coming to an end, now it's a perfect time to reflect on the goals we have achieved in the past year, as well as the goals we failed to achieve.
Why should We reflect on Our failures?
I failed so many times in life before I became successful. Today I look on failures as blessings and learning curves.
Failures are just as important to our growth as our successes. They teach us valuable lessons that'll help us create the life we want in the future
But we have to be willing to accept these failures so we can become aware of them and learn from our failures.
Don't be Hard on Yourself
So you failed to reach a particular so what? I used to freak out when I did not reach that particular goal which made me feel like a failure. I have learned not to be hard on myself anymore, because it had a negative impact on myself esteem, I felt demotivated and lost my self-confidence.
We tend to view our mistakes as a negative—some individuals believe that when you make a mistake, it suggest you are a loser and you not doing well, so you might as well quit.
Instead of feeling like quitting, take a minute to reflect on the goal that you never quite achieved and forgive yourself. Let go of any guilt or frustration, and turn your attention to what you gained from this experience.
Just remember Members, every failure contains a golden nugget of valuable lessons if you just take the time to look for them.
Keep looking for the lessons to be learned and apply them in your life as you set your goals for the year ahead, I guarantee you'll be better prepared to face any obstacle on your way to making 2019 your most exceptional year yet!
Whatever it is you're scared of doing, Do it. Make your mistakes, next year and forever.”
—Neil Gaiman
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I'm impressed by your post, Rich! Kudos! I also agreed with the fact that failures are as crucial to growth as our successes. Thanks for this!
Thanks for the food for thought, Richard, great way to see the year out.
Best wishes for 2019.
Alex.
Thanks for sharing your motivational thoughts Richard.
Mistakes and errors are definitely are great gurus.
We just hope we are not repeating them too often.
Joe:)
If failures are golden nuggets then I guess I've got a truck load of them but with each of them there's a lesson to be had and I've learned a lot over the years. Thanks for a wonderful post.
Richard,
Thank you, this means so much right now for me :)
And next year is going to be GREAT!!
Susan
Well said Neil and thank you for sharing your thoughts.
You're right - in every failure there is a gain. We are all learned more from it than from the successes we achieved.
Joe:)
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Thanks, I am being too hard on myself. And not for my failures exactly, but for letting everything else take precedent and not making enough progress on my own project... ugh! There, I said it.
I did about a month's worth of work in two months toward my project and then back trying to fix everything else. I have to work on these other projects so I have the money for my WA payment and my cell phone bill at least. But I can't let these other projects take over and consume my time when they are not paying me a full time income... that's why I need to focus more on my own project... learn more from WA... learn more for promoting my site and actually start earning from my site.
I have the foundation in place, so now in 2019, build, build, build!!! A little voice told me (when I first joined WA), if you build it, they will come!!!