Let us redefine failure

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What is the point of being alive if you do not at least try to do something remarkable? Failure is probably one of the aspects in life most people are afraid of. But, failure is inevitable and an important part of your growth and developing resilience. It is through failure that you learn more about your personality, strengths, weaknesses; and what you like or don’t.

How society defines failure is usually very distorted and a misrepresentation of reality. It is usually associated with non-verbalised social expectations. 

Failing to understand that, failure drives change and innovation. It is through failure that we know of Nomzamo Mbatha, Oprah Winfrey, Steve Bartlett and so on. Failure steers us towards our goals.

We tend to get so court up in fine tuning the craft that we forget to: shine light on how difficult the process is, how many times we got it wrong before we got it right, who we lost during the process and how much we sacrificed. Success is not achieved overnight.

You may have repeated a grade 3 times, finished a three-year degree in five years, your job applications have been rejected 400 times and no one is investing in your business proposal. 

That’s not the end of it or you. Honey you are just warming up to discovering the GREATER YOU!!!

Let us deconstruct the negative connotations towards failure and redefined it as the process of learning.

So how does one share their learning process without being laughed at, discriminated, gossiped about or coming across as complaining or seeking for attention. 

How do we normalize speaking of our struggles during the learning process?

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