Failure is not opposite of success; it’s part of success.”
~ Ariana Huffington ~
I use quite often the NLP (Neuro-linguist Programming) presupposition “There Is No Failure, Only Feedback” This presupposition is centered around learning from ones choices that do not work out. As I look at some of the trials and tribulations of my life I now think of each choice I made as; did it work or did it not. What did I learn from the feedback from making that choice.
If I take a test and receive a score that is considered below the passing grade, did I fail the test? Society loves to use labels which can provide a negative context. When I hear this “you failed your test” I can choose to feel like a failure, or…. I can chose to analyze the reason(s) I did not achieve a passing grade or the grade I had hoped for. Did I choose to not study the material enough? Did I have the incorrect information? There can be several reasons; each one I discover is feedback which I can choose to learn from.
Coaching is the most gratifying work I have done thus far in my life. There is no better feeling than assisting people to look at their lives with a different perspective, seeing results of their hard work and effort.