How To Get Over Failure And Stand Up Again

“I've missed more than 9000 shots in my career. I've lost almost 300 games. 26 times, I've been trusted to take the game winning shot and missed. I've failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed."~ Michael Jordan

Michael Jordan is the greatest Basketball player of all times. He failed so many times before he became successful. But the bottom line is that he became successful in the end.

Most of us have the wrong mentality about success. We assume that it’s supposed to be easy, without obstacles, without disappointments and setbacks but that’s not possible. The truth is success takes passion, patience and persistence.

Michael must have gone to bed feeling so bad for the missed shots. I can’t imagine the devastation that comes with feeling like you have let other people down, especially when they trusted you.

He however woke up the next morning and trained harder just so that he can become better. His passion for basketball gave him the strength to keep going in the midst of failure. Otherwise he would have ended up to be an ordinary man, and not a legend. He would have become one of those people who stop trying because they think that life is unfair.

What would you have done?

Let me guess, you will start feeling sorry for yourself, then stop trying. You will think that life is unfair to you or maybe you have bad luck. Ultimately you will leave it all together then settle for mediocrity.

Do you really want to be successful? Then;

1.Don’t quit

Most people fail because they give up in the face of failure, just before they succeed. But if you Keep trying no matter how many times you fail, you will definitely make it.

2.Learn from your mistakes

Always learn from your mistakes, don’t dwell on them just take the lesson and move on. What you learn from the previous failure is what will help you in the next attempt.

3.Stay positive

       Believe in the beauty of your dreams by staying positive and surrounding yourself with people who encourage you to achieve your goals

4.Find your passion

When you do what you love there is no amount of frustration that can make you give up on it. It’s that passion that will keep you from giving up whenever you fail.

Life doesn’t get easier, nor forgiving but the more times you fail, the more resilient you become and the closer you get to succeeding, so whatever you do don’t quit. 

You can cry about it, and feel as bad as you want to, but Keep doing it. Try to always do it better than before, be creative and most importantly learn from your mistakes.

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10 Practices That Will Guarantee You Success in Life.

What is success?

People tend to associate success to wealth, we think that once we become wealthy then we are successful.
Success is however comprised of so many things, it has lots of definitions that do not necessarily involve wealth. For instance;

• Success is overcoming the fear of failure
• Success is loving and being loved back
• Success is getting back up when you fall down
• Success is having the courage to be yourself
• Success is fulfilling your day to day needs
• Success is not giving up even when you have every reason to
• Success is giving back to the society
• Success is never letting your disability hold you back
• Success is understanding that you can change every situation and that you have control over your destiny.
• Success is knowing that no one can hurt you without your permission
• Success is seeing your child smile

So how then do you achieve success? Here are some practices that will help you on the road to success.

1.The people you hang around with and the friends you keep will influence your life more than you think.  So hang around people who have goals and ambitions, those inspire you to be better that they want to pursue, irrespective of what they are.

2.If and when you can develop a stream of income to help when things are not working out with your job search. Everyone has something that they are good at, or a skill that they have learnt, try putting that into practise

3.Fitness is very important. Work out and eat right, because sitting and drinking all day will destroy you. Not only will this make you look better, you will feel better and boost your confidence.

4.Don’t shy away from decisions just because you are tired or afraid. If you get an opportunity that needs you to relocate, do it. If you want to quit your job and pursue your life-long dream do it because success depends on your happiness and not the other way around.

5.Stop doing the same thing while expecting different results, that’s insanity. If you want to go far, learn new skills, go an extra mile and Get out of your comfort zone. You can’t do what everyone else is doing and expect something to come your way

6.Stop trying too hard to appear cool to other people. The truth of the matter is that you cannot please everyone. Trying to is the most uncool thing to do. Just Be yourself, and do you for as long as you are not hurting anyone.

7.Don’t be too proud. Treat strangers with respect, don't intentionally try to hurt someone else, and stop thinking you're superior to someone just because you have something that they don't.

8.Have good interpersonal skills. Know how to interact with people in a social setting. Interpersonal skills coupled with intelligence will make you a persuasive, hard to turn down kind of person who will thrive in any condition. It will also grow your network that way you will easily achieve your goals with the help and support of other people.

9.Expand your knowledge and boost your resume, to enhance your credibility.  Read too and stay informed. Reading will boost your intellect, writing skills, and conversational savvy.

10. Don't be afraid to ask for help when you need it, academic or otherwise. There is no shame in trying to make things better or admitting that you are stuck.

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12 Grave Mistakes to avoid as a Fresh Graduate

1.Settle on your first job that you took in order to pay your bills and forget to leave and follow your passion.

2.Assume that the very first job is the perfect reflection of your identity and then stop exploring. Don’t be too comfortable.

3.Over-commit yourself. Put in your first instalment for a car, get a change of wardrobe, get a new apartment lease, pile up on credit cards, and gather a lot of bills.

4.Over-indulging yourselves in things that won’t add value to your life in the end. Like partying and drinking too much, dont over do it.

5.Forget to save and invest then focus purchase material items that add up to more debt. Instead of keeping it smart and simple

6.Propose as soon as they’re out of university, please don’t do it, love doesn’t pay bills.

7.Fail to see that a key part in creating a family or committing to marital life is financial stability.

8.Forgetting that Love can wait. 

9.Be too fearful to pursue your goals.

10.Stay in jobs that frustrates you then spend hours while looking for new opportunities, but never making any moves. 

11.Fail to realize that this is the right time to take some risks, you are young and free.

12.Failing to know that you aren’t bound by unavoidable responsibilities and circumstances and that you’ve got nothing to lose by relentlessly going chasing after your dreams.

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