I want to ask you a question today. What does it mean to not fail? Most people when asked this question reply by saying, “Not failing, is succeeding.” Just like this picture above, failure and success have become antonyms. This is not the case. I have found that the two words have a path that is very close together. Although the main concept of that is somewhat true, I would like to give you a different aspect on what it means to not fail and that is, failing. Yes it sounds a bit redundant but if you are not failing, you must be failing. Let me explain this idea for a little bit. 

Our life is a journey.  A long story that we walk through and that we learn as we go along and we take risks. We set out to be the best person we can be. The moment that we stop taking risks and stepping out in areas that have potential of failure, we stop growing and miss out on what could have been. The only way for us to reach where we want to go is by failing and learning from the mistakes we made. Each time we fail, it is one step closer to our success. Without failure, there is not success. 

I say that as an encouragement to where you are. Never be afraid to fail. Inversely, if you are in a place where you haven’t failed recently and have not put yourself in a position to fail, I would say that you haven’t stepped out of the comfort zone you are in and need to do so soon! We need to learn that failure is as much a part of our lives as death and taxes; it will never go away and much greater than death and taxes, we can learn and grow in a huge way if we learn to master what failure is. 

To succeed, you will fail. Embrace that concept and learn to be excited when failure comes next time around. 

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