{"id":934,"date":"2013-07-22T00:01:47","date_gmt":"2013-07-22T07:01:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/davesevern.com\/blog\/?p=934"},"modified":"2013-07-21T19:22:07","modified_gmt":"2013-07-22T02:22:07","slug":"success-is-built-upon-a-foundation-of-failure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/davesevern.com\/blog\/success-is-built-upon-a-foundation-of-failure\/","title":{"rendered":"Success is Built Upon a Foundation of Failure"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>How many times have you observed a most excited and motivated individual or group get exposed to a good idea or opportunity,\u00a0 get all fired up bout the potential of the opportunity,…get involved in it,..give it a good honest albeit short-term sporadic effort…..and then, all too soon give up and quit their pursuit of their dreams and goals because of some type of failure?\u00a0 Oh the reasons or causes of such a failed attempt usually are many and lengthy ones.\u00a0 They usually go something like this….Failure…..things didn\u2019t work out as was initially thought,…or the results we thought we would achieve just didn\u2019t materialize,…or things were just taking far too long to develop….on and on and on….excuse after excuse after excuse…….<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

There is one unalterable fact that surrounds all successful people in the world.\u00a0 That fact is that all lasting success is built upon a foundation of failure.\u00a0 If you are not willing to try and fail, then try again and fail, and try again and keep on trying until you finally succeed,……then you just simply are not ready to become successful.\u00a0 Period!! \u00a0 Are my words too strong,….too tough,….too much truth?<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Here are two facts:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

1.\u00a0 The Foundation of Success is the willingness to fail.<\/span><\/p>\n

2.\u00a0 All Success is built upon failure after failure after failure.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Failure does not mean the end.\u00a0 Quite the contrary,….Failure is actually the Beginning.\u00a0 Starting over is the watchword for all of the great successes through out human history.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Failure gives you a new opportunity to start over,….to try again,….only this time to try smarter than you did the first time.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Failure is a benchmark of forward progress for the achieving of your own dreams or goals.\u00a0 That is why truly successful people define success\u00a0 as the progressive realization of a worthwhile dream or goal.\u00a0 Success is really a process.\u00a0 It occurs over an extended period of time.\u00a0 It is eventually reached or achieved after long-term consistently and persistently applied effort and resources.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

All throughout your attempts to achieve your dreams and goals, you will battle and fight against opposition, ridicule and criticism.\u00a0 These type battles must be fought if you are to ever reach certain levels of accomplishment or personal growth.\u00a0 The battleground for these fights for survival will be within your own mind.\u00a0 Mental toughness is going to be a absolute requirement is you ever plan to succeed.<\/span><\/p>\n

If ever you plan to win,…to reach your chosen success,…then you must always be battle ready.\u00a0 If you intend to win the battle then you must <\/span>get up<\/i> every time you get knocked down.\u00a0 Winning you see, is no more than this …to get up, every time you get knocked down.\u00a0 If it is your personal desire to win,…to become successful, then <\/span>quitting cannot ever be an option.<\/i>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

I once was told by a very successful and wealthy man, my mentor, Ron,\u00a0<\/span>that \u201cWinners, i.e. successful men or women, make a lot of money and they make a lot of things happen……Losers, <\/i>well they only make a lot of excuses.\u201d \u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

So the question begs to be asked…..Which one are you?<\/i>\u00a0 The correct answer will be born out through the actions you take….not the words you speak.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Former President, Dwight David Eisenhower, attended the U.S. Army Military Academy at West Point.\u00a0 While enrolled there, one of his physical training activities was boxing.\u00a0 His boxing coach gave him some extremely sound advice as regards winning a boxing match.\u00a0 The same advice can be just as soundly applied to the world of business generally and the world of success specifically.\u00a0 Cadet Eisenhower was told:\u00a0 \u201cIf you can\u2019t smile when you get up from a knock down punch…..you are never going to lick an opponent!\u201d<\/i><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Sadly, in a vast majority of cases, when ever a person gets knocked down by negative circumstances, disagreements, arguments or violent opposition, they just lay there in their own misery and complain.\u00a0 They moan, groan, and place blame or find fault with some one or some \u00a0 thing other than themselves.\u00a0 Why?….the answer is simple….whenever it is someone else\u2019s fault, you exempt yourself from personal responsibility to get up and do something about correcting the situation!<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Permit me to remind you that whenever you place the blame on someone else, for your own predicament or situation, you immediately lose control of the situation.\u00a0 You immediately sacrifice your own ability to resolve the issue, solve the problem, or correct the situation. \u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Whenever you place the blame on another person for anything negative that is happening in your life, then it is no longer up to you to solve this dilemma by your own decisions and actions.\u00a0 By placing the blame on someone else you have personally lost or given away control of the situation to do something about solving it.\u00a0 Not a good thing to do at all!<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

All good leaders know well that regardless of who or what caused the problem,…the leader will always take the blame for it.<\/i>\u00a0 That way the leader maintains control of the situation.\u00a0 Consequently he can then take control of the necessary actions to correct the negative situation.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Now, of course, there will never be any success without a leader.\u00a0 The leader builds the team, and the team builds a successful organization.\u00a0 The greater the leader, the greater will be the organization.\u00a0 The exact opposite can also be said of a smaller organization.<\/i><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Once the building of a successful, beneficial, and godly dream or goal begins, then you can readily expect the enemy\u2019s negative forces of evil to immediately start coming against it. \u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Failure may start to occur.\u00a0 Members of the team may begin to quit or leave the work site.\u00a0 Goals may start being missed.\u00a0 Production may begin to drop off. Folks who previously pledged their enduring commitment and support may fall away.\u00a0 The \u201cwheels\u201dof the organization may appear to be coming off…… \u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

You might begin to doubt or wonder why you are doing what it is that you are doing……\u00a0 That is precisely when the knock-down punch gets thrown.\u00a0 When it lands and knocks you to the floor…..Do Not Lay There! \u00a0 GET UP….SMILE… and… Dust Yourself Off and Start All Over Again.\u00a0 <\/i>Failure is the foundation of all Success.<\/span><\/p>\n

Peace and Love to all of you…Poppa Bear<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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