"Slow and steady wins the race." It's not glamorous, but it's true. The tragedy is that most people never even get in the race, and many of those who do hope that success comes easily and swiftly. When it doesn't, they're out of the race, before it really begins. What they don't realize is that the decision to be unstoppable is never made just once. It is made moment by moment, again and again.
Setbacks are inevitable. In fact, they're evidence that we're doing something. The more mistakes we make, the greater our chance of success. Failures indicate a willingness to experiment and take risks. Unstoppable women have learned that each failure brings wisdom and insight that will take them one step closer to achieving their dreams. When we focus on one unstoppable moment at a time and stay the course, the end result will take care of itself.
It's important to remind ourselves that failure is an event, not a person. If you don't achieve your 30-day goal, does that make you a failure? If you don't get a promotion at work, does that make you a failure? If you get married and then divorced, does that make you a failure? Of course not!
Failure doesn't characterize who you are. It is simply an event that happens to you. And when you continue to move forward, despite difficult experiences, you have already won!
ACTION: Find the gift in the setback
The next time the outcome you had hoped for doesn't transpire, look for the gift. Ask yourself the following questions:
1. What can I learn from what happened?
2. What am I grateful for about this experience?
3. What are the potential benefits of this experience?
4. What is the best way for me to move forward?
Commit to finding the gift in any setback. And in advance, tell yourself that you will never, never, never quit. If you don't give up, you simply cannot fail. Not only will you achieve your dreams, but the combination of your commitment, courage, and faith will rise as the greatest triumph of all.
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What do you think? Do you see setbacks as reasons to just quit or do you learn and grow from them. I'd love your thoughts!
1 comment:
This is soooo true! I have realized that I need to change my way of thinking.
I've been reading this terrific book called "The Courage to Fail" by Art Mortell. This is exactly what his book is about!
I read this this morning "Why worry about your problems when, a year from now they probably will not exist? The anxiety is soon gone when you convince yourself that, in the future, what is presently upsetting you will be a forgotten memory. The challenge is to laugh at your setbacks as a way of short circuting the frustration".
This is exactly how I got through my long drawn-out divorce. Unforutnately, that is the only time I have applied this to my life.
We'er never too old to change!
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