Even the most accomplished people deal with failure and ongoing self-doubt. You have to learn how to deal with it. Failure is how you learn. If you see it as anything but a lesson, and project it onto your self-worth, you’ll crumble.
That low self-worth takes up a lot of room in your head. You end up giving too much space to jealousy, bitterness, comparing yourself to your peers and that’s less room for the creative process to unfold. Failure and success are endlessly intertwined. Each step forward can included a number of steps back.
Basically: you have to get over yourself and get over the fear of failure.
Brandon Stosuy
Photo Credit: Kleiton Santos
Very true. I have to work to overcome a poor self image, and project a confidence which isn’t always genuine to convince myself. But also true, failures are never failures, but stepping stones to success, a kick in the pants further up the learning curve.
It’s something we need to share. Thank you.