Failure: The stepping stone to success

Saw this today: (thanks to Andy Sernovitz, whose blog is chock-full of goodness)

Failure is part of learning, perhaps the most important part.  It’s a catalyst for self-examination and change.  Some of the most profound, meaningful lessons we learn come out of failure.  And some of the best opportunities.

A good reminder for those going through transitions of all kinds right now.  You may feel you have failed, you may face failure again, but you can’t succeed if you don’t put yourself out there.

When in your life has failure led to success?

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Tagged as: motivation, success, transition