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FAILURE IS THE FIRST STEP
TOWARDS SUCCESS
By KhanakUpadhyay
about our failures than success. It is
truly said, " The Fear of failure is the
You all must have heard the saying greatest barrier in some of the biggest
before, but have you thought about opportunities of our life. I want to
these once. I guess the answer is no. So share with you this inspiring thought of
I will be asking you few questions. Jack Canefield that says, " Don't worry
What was the first lesson you have about failure, worry about the chances
learned in your life? The first lesson you miss when you don't even try". So
you learned as a child was how to work. at least give it a try. As a human, we
Did you accomplish it in the first deal with risk. We first plan, analyze,
attempt itself? The answer is no. You and then interpret the idea. When we
tried and failed, You cried a lot because talk about risk, the probability of
you might have got injured. Then you getting success is 50-50.
tried & failed again. Still, you didn't One thing my life has taught me is, "
give up, your parents motivated you. The greater is the amount of risk, the
So, you tried once again with a lot of greater will be the chance of success".
enthusiasm & positivity. And If we try something new, something
eventually, you succeeded. This very different, we take risks and we might
first phrase teaches you the bitter truth get success or get failure but failure
of your life that is 'To achieve the doesn't mean we aren't capable enough,
success you have to go through it means we can still give our best. We
failures'. all know about a famous scientist and
greatest inventor Thomas Elva Edison,
who invented the first ever light bulb.
We all know about his journey of
success which was full of obstacles and
failures, but his persistence to get
success made him how he felt when he
failed 999 times before getting success
once. He instantly replied with pride
that he not only gave the world a way
As we grow, we start to think about the to create a bulb but he also gave them
pros and cons of everything we do. As 999 ways in which a bulb cannot be
a result, we tend to think more
created. He did not consider his 999
times trying as a failure but he thought
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