Fail. Fail again. Fail better.

There are always two sides to a story:
And while understanding the other side is important so as not to be biased in one's own clouded judgment, still, "getting it" isn't all it takes.

The questions is, what will I get out of it?

Me.

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Today, a friend and I came across one of those cheesy coffee table books that should have gone unnoticed considering its placement in the store (Anthropologie to be exact), but in this tiny 50-paged book, she and I were both silently affected by it meager phrases. It was about success and how to achieve it. "Fail. Fail again. Fail better." Wow. How fucking discouraging this author is--was my first reaction. But I realized this anger was merely an extension of my own insecurities. Failure is a harsh word becaue failing connotes weakness, lazyness, unworthyness. But i was wrong in my interpretation. Failure is what motivates us to push 10 times harder. It's an opportunity.

In all honesty, I was blessed to have gotten this far in terms of professional experience. But if what this author says is true of all sucessfull people having experienced great failure at least once in their lives, then all I can do is anticipate that big moment for myself and hope that I am able to make something extremely positive out of it. Will I get fired? Who knows, but the author said something else as well: Opportunity is not what lies in the future, it's what is happening to you right now.

So true.

And with that I slumber.

-J