The gift hidden inside failure

Maya Angelou

“You may encounter many defeats, but you must not be defeated. It may even be necessary to encounter the defeats, so you can know who you are and what you can rise from.” ~ Maya Angelou

Everything worth doing involves failure.

Every great writer produced awful, unoriginal passages.

Every inventor failed repeatedly.

Dreams die not because people fail…

They die because we interpret failure as a sign we should stop.

A rejection.

A ‘stupid’ mistake.

A disappointment.

And suddenly we conclude:

“Maybe I’m not good enough”

But failure is not a stop sign. It’s guidance.

It’s perhaps the greatest teacher…

Often it is life introducing you to a version of yourself you have not yet met.

A tougher version.

A wiser version.

A more resilient version.

The person who exists on the other side of persaverance.

So fail often.

Don’t be saddened.

Be glad.

Because the goal is not to avoid defeat.

The goal is to become someone who can rise from it.

And that ability may turn out to be one of the most valuable things you ever build.


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