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bartrod 8 years, 7 months ago.
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Please tell us about something you failed at?
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This really is a great question, I work in the engineering world and failure does happen. Sometimes expected, sometimes not. But in the end failure is a learning tool and what not to do, or what needs to change. I have done various tests for parts or designs I have created just to make them fail. Failure is a learning tool.
I have also worked for another organization where we held a fundraiser. Advertising never went out like it was suppose to, the organization ended up losing a large amount of money. In the end, communication and organization would have prevented this from failing. But again, I learned during the experience.
Oh, I’ve failed at a lot of things in life. Tests, getting the job I really wanted, obtaining some personal goals…etc., but I don’t sit and dwell on them. I firmly believe that what doesn’t kill you, will make you more strong. I get back up, rework my plan to try again.
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Failure happens a lot more than we would like to admit. I’ve failed at relationships. Who hasn’t? I’ve failed at grocery shopping, just ask my wife. But everyone forgets to pick up eggs or bread on occasion.
The biggest failure, in my opinion, is not learning from these little failures. I work electrical maintenance, and every now and again, I fail at properly diagnosing a problem. This results in me having to return to a machine and fix it again. If I don’t learn from this first failure, and fix the machine in the same way, I failed to learn, and failed at doing my job well.
As long as I learn, I would say have haven’t truly failed. I’ve learned how to fix many different electrical problems in industrial machinery. I’ve learned to not go grocery shopping without a list from the wife. And of course I’ve learned what kind of person I want to spend the rest of my life with. (As long as I remember the grocery list.) Above all, I will have more failures in my life, but I will learn from them as well, and I will not truly fail.
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I have failed at a lot of things. I recently have failed at getting a job promotion at work. I have failed at fixing certain things. But one thing I haven’t failed at is learning from those failures. Everybody fails at some point in life and as long as you learn from mistakes and failures we will all move on to better things.
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If we look at failure as a failure, then we have failed; but if we look at it in a different way it does not have to be a failure! Just because we don’t succeed does not mean we have failed. For instance, I set a goal for my self to lose X amount of pounds by X day. I did not reach that goal. If I look at it as a failure it has a negative connotation and will breed negativity. But, if I look at the things that caused me not to reach my goal and figure out how to overcome those obstacles I have created an environment that will breed positivity and lead to better results. I like to look at the glass half full and always see a lesson in every situation.
Failure is NOT an option!!
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I really think all too often we are afraid of failure but what is failure actually:
FAIL = First Attempt In Learning
If we fail to attempt new things, there is no growth! If we are afraid to fail, we never try new things.
I fail at brewing coffee. I do not drink it so I do not have the appreciation of what a good brewed cup tastes and smells like. I will try but more often than not, it does not turn out how those who drink coffee will enjoy it.
We must always try!
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