Summary: <br> Goals in Life<br> When we think of goals in life we often think of people being successful, achieving things and making progress. <br> The stories we hear about goals often seem like success came overnight, or at the first attempt. For most of us the experience is very different.<br> Failure – it’s the other “F” word isn’t it? One we don’t like to be associated with.<br> Failure makes us think of losers, and no one wants to be a loser do they?<br> <br> In this episode I want to:<br> <br> <br> Learn about some people we associate with success, who experienced plenty of failure first<br> <br> <br> Encourage you to see failure as part of the journey to success<br> <br> <br> <br> Famous Failures<br> Let’s think of some famous people who we often think of as successful but who actually encountered failure first. I actually prefer to think of their "failure" as part of their learning journey.<br> • Walt Disney <br> • Steve Jobs <br> • Albert Einstein <br> • Michael Jordan <br> • Sylvester Stallone<br> A bit of an eclectic bunch I know. Here’s some things you might not know about them.<br> • Walt Disney was sacked from one of his early jobs for “lacking imagination”. <br> • Steve Jobs was sacked from Apple because of his unorthodox approach and poor management skills. <br> • Albert Einstein was told he was too dumb to amount to anything. <br> • Michael Jordan didn’t make his high school basketball team. <br> • Sylvester Stallone had a speech and facial movement impediment due to complications when he was born. At one stage of his life he was so poor he had to sell his dog.<br> All of these people learned something from these experiences and used this learning to help them succeed with their goals in life. There are many more people that could be on this list.<br> You may have heard the phrase “we only learn when we fail”.<br> One of my favourites is “the man who has never failed has never tried anything”.<br> Psychology Today explains it perfectly in their article called “Failure is Good”.<br> Lessons from Failure<br> It can often be hard reflecting on the things that didn't go as planned because the situation could involve disappointment and that's not nice to think about. However, I would urge you to push past that and try to reflect on your experience a bit more dispassionately.<br> Whilst this is hard initially the more you do it the easier it becomes and then something interesting happens.<br> You start to see failure, not as failure, but as a learning experience. At this point you start to see the benefit in a situation, even if it didn't quite go to plan. By reflecting on events in such a way you gain something from them instead of feeling that you "wasted your time".<br> This is tough to do and takes time and commitment but it's hugely rewarding if you stick with it.<br> Remember working with goals in life is as much about the journey as anything else so make sure the journey is as rewarding and beneficial as the goal.<br> <br> <br> <br>
