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Is Failure Part Of learning?


Is Failure Part Of learning? 


This is a question that strikes my mind early this morning, Is failure really a means to learn? Must I fail in order to learn? Why should I fail?  What are the benefits of failure? Must I fail to succeed? How many times must I fail in order to succeed?

 “Do not be embarrassed by your failures, learn from them and start again.”

 — Richard Branson

Below is the story of a curious man and a tied elephant. Sit back, take a  deep breath and read.

 The Elephant Rope 

As a man was passing the elephants, he suddenly stopped, confused by the fact that these huge creatures were being held by only a small rope tied to their front leg. No chains, no cages. It was obvious that the elephants could, at anytime, break away from their bonds but for some reason, they did not.

He saw a trainer nearby and asked why these animals just stood there and made no attempt to get away. “Well,” trainer said, “when they are very young and much smaller we use the same size rope to tie them and, at that age, it’s enough to hold them. As they grow up, they are conditioned to believe they cannot break away. They believe the rope can still hold them, so they never try to break free.”

The man was amazed. These animals could at any time break free from their bonds but because they believed they couldn’t, they were stuck right where they were.

Like the elephants, how many of us go through life hanging onto a belief that we cannot do something, simply because we failed at it once before?

I urge you to stand up and try it again.
“Failure is simply the opportunity to begin again, this time more intelligently.”

 — Henry Ford

You've got to realize that failure is part of learning; failure is part of the equation to success, you are not to dwell in failure you are to solve it and move on, it's high time you outrun as many that as gone ahead of you, learn your mistakes and move on;
“When I was young, I observed that nine out of ten things I did were failures. So I did ten times more work.”

 — George Bernard Shaw

You should never give up the struggle in life.
              


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