It’s Better to Take Action and Fail than to Fail at Taking Action

For #motivationmondays, let’s go back to your childhood.

Have you ever been a child?

I’m sure you have. That’s a rhetorical question.

The reason why I’m saying this is because as a child, there was a time when you had to learn how to walk, talk, and even learn new skills such as how to ride a bike.

Now before you learned any of those skills, how many times did you fail and try again?

That’s right, a LOT of times.

You see, failure is part of success. You have to fail first so you can learn from it, and understand how to do it better next time.

It’s Better to Take Action and Fail than to Fail at Taking Action.

Why?

Reply with a comment to share your own thoughts. I’d love to hear from you.

If you want to find out what I think, then read on.

My own answer to this is because if you take action and fail, at least you learn something.

As the saying goes:

“You miss 100% of the shots you don’t take.” – Wayne Gretzky

But note that it’s not just about trying and trying again.

The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again, and expecting a different result.

The key here is that you learn from it, and do something to improve, and take action once again to implement the improvement.

So if you’re looking to improve your skills in order to take your career to the next level, here’s how you can take action:

What did you learn that apples to you? What will you implement moving forward?