Here Are Some Tips for You to Overcome Failures

 


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Everybody fears failure and portrays failure as something bad. Nobody wants to be called a failure because they think that society will judge them, and that, they are letting down their parents. Also, people think they are made fun of due to their failure and they feel that nobody likes them.

Failure isn’t bad. In fact, the truth is, without failure, there is no success. Failure and Success are like two sides of the same coin. One doesn’t exist without the other.

So, here are some steps you can take to overcome failure, and reach success.

 

1. Talk It Out

Being called a failure makes us feel sad. Everyone who fails gets sad, frustrated, angry, moody and emotional. Talking to someone about how your are feeling can be of great help. Go talk to your family, friends, relatives, partner, or whoever you are comfortable talking to.

If you feel that you don’t want to approach your near and dear ones, you can always approach a professional and openly talk about your failure. You can also let it out by writing that might work as well. Do all that it takes and take it out of your system.

Talking to your trustworthy people regarding your failure helps you feel better. It helps relieve stress. It makes you feel less emotional and less moody.

Once you share your emotions with that person who is ready to listen to you and help you in whatever way they can, you get that inner peace. You don’t feel empty inside any more. You get that satisfaction that you’re not alone and that you have someone to help you out with whatever you are going through.

 

2. Express Yourself

Never hide your feelings and emotions after a failure. Always let it out. It’s okay to cry if that’s what it takes to make yourself feel better. It’s okay to feel sad. Let’s not hide it behind that fake smile.

Holding back your emotions will ruin your relationship, social skills, makes you feel depressed and might alter your mental health as well.

Letting out your emotions helps you move on, one good note and learn from your mistakes. Hiding your emotions will not only make you feel lonely and depressed, but also it keeps haunting you at the back of your head quite often.

Some people consume alcohol and smoking after experiencing failure. Again, that’s not right. It'll ruin your body health and function. Also, they provide only temporary relief.

The best way is to act it out. It’s okay to cry, it’s okay to feel sad, it’s totally okay.After all, why are we called humans if we don’t express ourselves?

 

3. Change Your Opinion About Failure and Accept It

If failure is actually bad, then various inventions from Thomas Alva Edison's Bulb to Bill Gates's Microsoft wouldn't have taken place.

It’s time to change your opinion about failure. Failure leads to success. Failure is a part of everybody's learning process and it’s very normal. Don’t look at it as something that puts you down. Rather, look at it as something that pulls you up in the right direction, cause next time, you'll know what to do and what not to.

It’s not just you who has faced failure. Many people around you have faced failure as well. Many go through failure like film stars, class toppers, scientists, teachers, parents, and many more. It all depends on how you look at it and how much you try hard to accept it and improve yourself.

Let’s not fear failure. It’s nothing to be feared about. Let’s accept the way it is and learn from it and that’s what will make you a better person.

 

4. Be Optimistic

It’s not failure that’s bad. What’s worse is the ‘give up' attitude after a failure. What’s worse is the fact that you don’t make an attempt to correct and rectify your mistakes but rather blame fate for your failure.

It’s your thought process that needs to change. It’s all based on how you look at failure. Don’t look at it as something that makes you a loser, rather, look at it as something that makes you a better person, a successful person.

 

5. Rectify Your Mistakes

As failure is a part of the learning process, it’s always important to learn from your mistakes that led to such a situation and rectify it. After all, learning from your mistakes and correcting them is what gives you more knowledge and leads you to success.

Failure provides you with an opportunity to learn from your mistakes. It’s okay to fail multiple times. It’s totally okay. After all, If Thomas Alva Edison completely gave up at the 999th attempt, would there be a light bulb now?

 

6. Work Hard Until You Find a Solution to It

Seek what you can do to change it. You will definitely find a solution. Think, talk to people, get help, or search on the internet and you will definitely find a solution to the problem.

Do all that you can to achieve your dreams. Prove your fate wrong. Let your hard work define who you are, not your fate, and don’t give up until you have achieved your goal.

Hard work matters. If things were so easy to fetch, then what’s the point of living a life? Working hard for that one goal and finally achieving it, is what life’s about. Let’s challenge life. Let’s work hard and do all that it takes to achieve a goal.

“There is only one thing that makes a dream impossible to achieve: the fear of failure”– Paulo Coelho

 

Written by - Sandhya R

Edited by – Adrija Saha