1)
A recent time I can think of “failure” is losing
a team race over thanksgiving break. My friend and I were verse my sister and
her friend. The race was a 5k and both teams were determined to win. We decided
that the “winner” would be the team’s combined times. So my sister’s friend
came in first place, as he is 6 feet and 7 inches tall so he has an advantage. My
friend and me finished together in second place and my sister finished last. After
calculating the times, it looked as if my sister and her friend won the race
with a faster combined time.
2)
I learned from this race that failure could push
you to do better. I now want to run more 5k’s and be able to beat everyone in
my age division. I also learned that it is okay to fail because sometimes
people are naturally better at things.
3)
Failure is hard and embarrassing, but you have
to handle it emotionally and behaviorally. Over the years, I did not take
failure easily and I would handle it very wrongly with my behavior. I would be
so angry when I failed any competition that I did not know what to do. I now
know that there is more to life and it is not the end of the world to fail at
something. This class has made me realize failure is a good thing many times. I
am more likely to take a risk and start my business.
Hey Amanda,
ReplyDeleteI'm glad you could reflect on failure as a positive thing! I believe that's one of the main messages of this class, going out to find our failures in our concept before they creep up on us. Even though you didn't win the 5k, you know for a fact how you can change that problem (more practice) and from the way it sounds, you're highly motivated to make a change and hit the ground running. I'm happy that we as a class can share a similar growing mindset about our shortcomings, instead of sulking about them.
Hi Amanda! Your perspective on failure is really admirable! It is so awesome that you took the failure as an opportunity to improve and push yourself to work harder and improve your running time. Hopefully you will get faster and perform better next time you run a 5k! I did a “Turkey Trot” on Thanksgiving morning with my family as a team and we also lost. Nothing like a little friendly competition around the holidays.
ReplyDeleteHi Amanda,
ReplyDeleteI really like how you handle failure now because you are right. It is hard to fail and embarrassing, but there is more to life and it is not the end of the world. I think people tend to forget that sometimes. I enjoyed the story because it shows that your competitive too, which I believe can be helpful when starting a business. It gives you drive.
Hey Amanda,
ReplyDeleteYou handled failure very well. You turned your failure into a learning process. With this failure, you now know what you need to do in order to succeed on your next run. I enjoy seeing how much you've learned from the course about failure and how likely you are to take more risks, especially when it comes to your business.
Great post!