There are only results, says Anthony Robbins, best-selling author of many self-change books. Many people have been programmed to fear this thing called failure. Successful people see only results.
They don't see failure. People who believe in failure are almost guaranteed a mediocre existence. Robbins reminds us of the following life history of a man whom you surely know:
At age 31, he failed in business
At 32, he was defeated in a legislative election
At 34, he failed again in business
At 35, he was overcome by the death of his sweetheart
At 36, he had a nervous breakdown
At 43, he lost in a congressional election
At 46, he ran for Congress and lost again
At 48, he ran for again for Congress and was defeated
At 55, he ran for Senate and lost
At 56, he failed in his attempt to become Vice-President
At 58, he ran again for Senate and lost
At the age of 60, he was elected President of the United States.
The man's name was Abraham Lincoln. Could he have become president if he had seen his election losses as failures?
Belief in failure, says Robbins, is a way of poisoning the mind. When we store negative emotions, we affect our physiology, our thinking process, and our state.
Commit yourself to learning from every experience. Cross out the word "failure." Circle the word "outcome" or "result."
Source: Anthony Robbins, Unlimited Power. Simon & Schuster Ltd., West Garden Place, Kendal St., London W2 2AQ, U.K.
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Quotations:
Love the moment. Flowers grow out of dark moments. Therefore, each moment is vital. It affects the whole. Life is a succession of such moments and to live each, is to succeed.
---Corita Kent
It is on our failures that we base a new and different and better success.
---Havelock Ellis
A garden is always a series of losses set against a few triumphs, like life itself.
---May Sarton
You've got to take the bitter with the sour.
---Samuel Goldwyn
Only those who dare to fail greatly can ever achieve greatly.
---Robert F. Kennedy
