ENSPIRING.ai: FAILURE CONTRIBUTES TO SUCCESS - Brian Tracy Motivational Speech
The video passionately emphasizes the role of failure in achieving personal and professional success. Through anecdotes and examples from various individuals like Thomas Edison and Amelia Earhart, it highlights how embracing failure can lead to innovative thinking, resilience, and eventual success. The narrative strongly suggests that viewing failure not as a setback but as an opportunity for learning is crucial.
Several stories, such as those of entrepreneurs handling multiple failures before reaching success, demonstrate how continuously striving forward despite challenges is key to growth. The video sheds light on the importance of having a positive mindset, goal-setting skills, and the ability to bounce back from setbacks, as fundamental traits of successful individuals.
Main takeaways from the video:
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Key Vocabularies and Common Phrases:
1. pervaded [pərˈveɪd] - (verb) - To be present throughout; to permeate or spread through every part. - Synonyms: (penetrate, infuse, permeate)
... where every failure provides a basis for next successes and every setback is set up for a comeback.
2. circumstances [ˈsɜːrkəmˌstænsɪz] - (noun) - The conditions or facts affecting a situation. - Synonyms: (situation, conditions, environment)
... the man considered himself a victim of unfair circumstances and harbored bitterness towards the world...
3. instructive [ɪnˈstrʌktɪv] - (adjective) - Serving to inform or provide knowledge. - Synonyms: (informative, educational, enlightening)
Yet failure always has the potential to create instructive and even inspiring learning experiences.
4. catastrophe [kəˈtæstrəfi] - (noun) - An event causing great and often sudden damage or suffering; a disaster. - Synonyms: (disaster, calamity, mishap)
The rebranded bottles didn't sell, costing Coca Cola approximately $100 million and Zman his job.
5. resiliency [rɪˈzɪljənsi] - (noun) - The capacity to recover quickly from difficulties; toughness. - Synonyms: (perseverance, tenacity, durability)
Welcome to an odyssey of resiliency, insight and unrelenting excellent search.
6. insurmountable [ˌɪnsərˈmaʊntəbl] - (adjective) - Too great to overcome. - Synonyms: (unconquerable, undefeatable, unassailable)
... when we are determined to understand it.
7. infrastructure [ˈɪnfrəˌstrʌkʧər] - (noun) - The basic physical and organizational structures and facilities needed for the operation of a society or enterprise. - Synonyms: (framework, structure, foundation)
Learning to accept and overcome failure opens up new opportunities for success.
8. proponent [prəˈpoʊnənt] - (noun) - A person who advocates a theory, proposal, or project. - Synonyms: (advocate, supporter, promoter)
Many successful entrepreneurs attribute their success to their ability to persevere after failures.
9. camaraderie [ˌkæməˈrɑːdəri] - (noun) - Mutual trust and friendship among people who spend a lot of time together. - Synonyms: (friendship, companionship, fellowship)
If you dedicate time to improving your communication, negotiation, and conversational skills, you'll earn the support of your peers and open new opportunities to achieve your ambitions.
10. alleviate [əˈliːviˌeɪt] - (verb) - To make a problem less severe. - Synonyms: (ease, relieve, mitigate)
Failure opens new opportunities.
FAILURE CONTRIBUTES TO SUCCESS - Brian Tracy Motivational Speech
Unlike Crawford, the man considered himself a victim of unfair circumstances and harbored bitterness towards the world, an attitude that prevented him from succeeding. Turning failure into knowledge is crucial for success can you imagine starting a new project and aiming to fail? Probably not. Most of us prefer to avoid mistakes.
Yet failure always has the potential to create instructive and even inspiring learning experiences. The power of embracing failure is poignantly illustrated in an anecdote from the 1993 book Art and Fear by David Bales and Ted Orland.
As we come to the end of our discussion on how failure contributes to success, let us accept a profound truth. Success is not the lack of failure, but the ability to bounce back from setbacks and learn from them. Every problem we solve and obstacle we get past is not a sign of defeat but a sign of our unwavering drive.
Remember this as you strive to be the best. Every mistake is an opportunity to learn something useful and take a step toward personal growth and success. Take these lessons to heart because they will help you see the way to your goals more clearly and wisely.
A ceramics teacher divided her class into two groups, telling one half they would be graded based on the quantity of art they produced so they should make as many pieces as possible. The other half was instructed to focus on creating one piece whose quality would determine their grade.
Although the latter group spent more time crafting a single artwork, they were overshadowed by the first group, which produced pieces of notably higher quality. Because they were able to learn from their mistakes with each subsequent piece they made, the students in the first group could develop both their skills and creative ideas along the way.
Thank you for coming with me on this journey of growth and learning. May you learn to be resilient, do well when things go wrong, and come out of each hardship better.
As you keep trying to be the best, may your journey be marked not by the mistakes you make but by the successes that come from them. Stay smart, strong, and successful until we meet again.
Nowadays, most jobs, projects, and goals can only be achieved by mobilizing stakeholders, investors, teams, and employees. If you dedicate time to improving your communication, negotiation, and conversational skills, you'll earn the support of your peers and open new opportunities to achieve your ambitions.
Finally, maintaining a positive mindset gives you an immediate advantage. Learning to see the value, even in the most challenging experiences can make the difference between giving up and persevering.
Come along as we untangle the fabric of success, where every failure provides a basis for next successes and every setback is set up for a comeback. Together we will expose the mental changes and practical discoveries that turn failures into launching pads for until unheard of success.
Welcome to an odyssey of resiliency, insight and unrelenting excellent search.
Failure is inevitable, but it can also be beneficial. From uncovering new ideas and pushing us to be the best we can be to helping us learn about our weaknesses, failure provides valuable opportunities along with clear goal setting.
Positive mindset Embracing failure is key to achieving success. Failure cannot be avoided, so consider it a fundamental part of moving forward. While most of us do our best to avoid failure, most entrepreneurs know better.
Many successful entrepreneurs attribute their success to their ability to persevere after failures. In fact, it takes entrepreneurs an average of 38 failed projects before successfully launching a business.
These entrepreneurs recognize that even if their business eventually fails, they will be in a better position than when they started.
You may not be to blame for your failures, but you are responsible for your successes. Most of the time, failures occur as a result of factors we cannot control. When that happens, we shouldn't blame ourselves. We should only take responsibility for finding new solutions.
The author tells the story of his friend Greg Horn, whose supermarket was destroyed in the 1997 floods in Kentucky. Ironically, Horn was insured for nearly all types of damages and thefts, except flood damage. Obviously, the floods were beyond Horn's control, but his unfortunate circumstances didn't deter him.
Zaman believed the new idea would sell so well that he convinced Coca Cola to stop producing the old version. To Zaman's surprise, new Coke was a complete failure. The rebranded bottles didn't sell, costing Coca Cola approximately $100 million and Zman his job.
To recover from this blow, Coca Cola reintroduced its flagship drink under a new name, Coca Cola Classic. In the end, the Coca Cola Classic became a huge success. The drink became more popular than ever, and Zman's initial failure in transforming the brand eventually led to great success for the company.
Fear of failure is debilitating and can harm our chances of achieving success, so it's crucial that we combat it at every opportunity. Consider the story of pioneering American aviator Amelia Earhart. While attempting to fly around the equator, her plane crashed during takeoff.
Despite this setback, she didn't lose heart and continued with her flying career. Ultimately, she achieved no less than six world records, including being the first woman to solo pilot across the Atlantic.
We can also take heart in the fact that we overcome our fear of failure in countless daily activities. It's important to note that we only learn from failure when we are determined to understand it.
A Peanuts comic strip reflects on this phenomenon. Charlie Brown is building a sandcastle on the beach that a wave crashes into. He looks at the sandcastle and knows there's something to learn from the situation, but doesn't attempt to figure out what the lesson is.
Like Charlie Brown after a failure, many people tell themselves they don't have the time or energy to investigate what went wrong, but this simply puts us at risk of repeating the same mistake.
But if fear of failure had stopped them from the beginning, they wouldn't have gotten anywhere in the real world. A single failure doesn't always mean the end of the road. Take Sergio Zimani, Coca Cola's marketing executive, for example.
In the 1980s, when Seaman launched the new range, Diet Coke became very popular. This success bolstered Seaman's position in the company and gave him more confidence in his bold ideas. Later, when Coca Cola wanted to introduce a new formula for Coca Cola, Z proposed launching it under the name New Coke.
Identifying the causes of failure allows us to learn, grow, and in Charlie Brown's case, build sand castles farther from the waves. Overcoming our fear of failure and taking new risks brings long term success when driving through the city, how often do you only see green traffic lights? Probably never.
But that's okay. It's just part of driving. What if we viewed our failures as red lights? They might temporarily stop us, but they're not a reason to give up on our destination. Failure can be very discouraging, but it doesn't have to be.
Instead of giving up, Horn took responsibility for his situation and decided to get his store back up and running as quickly as possible. While continuing to support his 80 employees, Horn set to work repairing the store. The repairs cost him 1 million, but he was able to reopen the store just 21 days after the flood.
Horn's story shows that we can only shape our future by taking responsibility for our circumstances.
To give another example, let's think about American tennis player Roger Crawford. Crawford was born without many of his fingers and toes, a condition known as ectrodactyly. Despite his condition, Crawford adopted the attitude that he was still responsible for his future.
He pursued his dream of becoming a professional tennis player and eventually received certification from the United States Professional Tennis association as the first American professional tennis player with a disability.
Crawford attributes his success to the accountability he takes for his own life, which followed a very different course than another man he knew with ectrodactyly. Refusing to take risks, on the other hand, is more likely to make team members feel at best unambitious and at worst lazy.
Taking risks inevitably leads to failure on occasions, but if accepted, you are more likely to win big in the long run.
To make the most of success opportunities, you need goal setting skills and social skills. Positive Mindset Learning to accept and overcome failure opens up new opportunities for success. But to capitalize on these opportunities, you'll need to practice.
Consider the story of billionaire Home Depot founder Bernie Marcus. In 1978, he was fired from his position as CEO of the Handy Dan hardware chain due to internal conflicts.
At that time, Marcus's parents needed his financial support to make ends meet. Marcus was determined not to be a victim of corporate power struggles again. He recruited Arthur Blank, a fellow colleague who had also been fired from Handy Dan, and together they opened their own hardware store the following year.
Today, their Home Depot store is known as one of the most successful retail initiatives in history.
Goal setting American writer Don Marquis noted that while most people don't really know what they want, they're still willing to sweat blood to get it. The trick to success is channeling this desire for change into well defined goals.
So instead of just complaining about being tired of working, set goals that allow you to create a better lifestyle. For example, you could invest in properties to generate passive income that allows you to retire early. Alongside goal setting, excellent interpersonal skills can lead you to successful by making certain adjustments to his failed telegraph machines, he was able to record sound that could be played back repeatedly.
Edison leveraged his lack of success in one endeavor as an opportunity to develop something entirely new. 20th century author William Marston referred to experiences like Edison's as earning dividends from failure.
Marston, who was an inventor as well as a psychologist, believed this ability was crucial for success. Beyond opening our eyes to new possibilities, failure can be a powerful motivator to work hard and change our lives.
Driving a car, for example, is a risky activity, but we do it anyway. In fact, opting to ride a bike or stay home out of fear of a car accident could actually put you at greater risk. A total of 15 and 17% of accidents resulting in injuries are related to cycling and home activities, respectively.
Our professional lives also provide opportunities to overcome our fear of failure and take action. Suggesting a bold strategy or proposing to take on more responsibilities are excellent ways to confront your fear of failure and also earn the respect of your team.
In 1993, Coca Cola's president, Roberto Goizueta, rehired Seaman, recognizing that bold thinkers can't always be right. Failure opens new opportunities. While we largely assume that failure can only lead to negative outcomes, the opposite often happens many serendipitous discoveries and new opportunities have emerged from failures.
This was certainly the case for the legendary inventor Thomas Edison. Edison worked for years to improve the telegraph machine with little success. But along the way, he discovered something entirely different.
Good morning, great visitors. Today let us travel through the hallways of success, a path that tests our view of failure not as an obstacle, but rather as a necessary stepping stone on the road to success.
Imagine, if you will, the most successful people from history. Every success is preceded by a mosaic of setbacks, challenges, and, yes, mistakes. Still, these trying times are when resilience is developed and actual character is created.
Today, we investigate how failure contributes to success, reveals the secret lessons buried in every fall, the development ingrained in every setback.
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