Succeeding While Failing Forward
February 14th, 2007 at 11:15pm Manchild
HAPPY VALENTINE’S DAY!!
Since a happy home needs a happy wife, I’ll be brief because I choose to remain a happy husband on day 45 of 2007.
Failure is part of the process great people choose to endure as we persevere until we can excel, succeed, and achieve all the big dreams and great things we honestly believe are possible with God’s help. For those of you still struggling to overcome your fears of Failure, reading the book, FAILING FORWARD, by Mr. John C. Maxwell will challenge you to embrace Failure as a brutally honest, trustworthy friend. Here’s a quote from this book.
”While one person hesitates because he feels inferior, the other is busy making mistakes and becoming superior.”
With God’s help, a lot has been accomplished since the first day I started building this site from scratch on January 1, 2007. Was doing so easy? No. Challenging? Most definitely. Impossible? Only if you choose to make it impossible. If I can do it, so can you. As evidenced by what you’ve seen over the past 45 days, I’m not afraid to let anybody learn from my mistakes.
Quick question. Why should any of us be afraid of making mistakes or failing? I’ve already made many mistakes and failed more times than you know while growing this site not knowing where this journey is going. Nevertheless, I’ve learned much while struggling to write something insightful and meaningful enough to inspire you to become powerful, yet meek, and courageous enough to live, love, and lead like Jesus Christ did –by example.
From this point forward, only God knows what you’ll find when you get up and show up on December 31, 2007. I’m still excited about what may happen as we choose to keep growing stronger, older, and wiser together. By faith, challenge yourself to keep going to places never seen before despite not knowing what tomorrow will bring. Don’t forget that half the battle is just showing up. Remember what we said about a faith that cannot be tested? If not, click on the word faith to refresh your memory.
©Copyright 2007 by Roderick O. Solomon. All Rights Reserved.
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3 Comments Add your own
1. Peety | February 15th, 2007 at 8:46 am
Thanks for your kind words
Wishing you belated Valentine’s Day Greetings..
2. manchild | February 15th, 2007 at 8:56 am
Peety,
You’re so very welcome. Please think about thinking bigger and dreaming bigger than ever before. I love to hear about people making big dreams come true and achieving great things.
3. Galba Bright at Tune up your EQ | July 19th, 2007 at 9:21 pm
Hello Manchild
You have an inspirational, engaging site. I agree with your observations about John C.Maxwell’s book. We grow when we learn to embrace our mistakes and failures and move on.
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