One of the parenting skills I learned from my father and mother was to encourage your children to make “age appropriate” decisions. There were six children in our family, and all six of us would agree that being allowed to make decisions at an early age benefited us greatly as adults. We quickly learned that along with decision-making came the consequences of our decisions, both positive and negative.
Because of this, my siblings and I were given the opportunity to fail, and we did fail – many, many times. Failing helped shape who we became as adults. Failing taught us that it was not an “end-all.” There is life after failure. Failing helped build our self-confidence.
Explorer Norman Vaughan lived to be 100, and he’s known for giving this advice:
“Dream big and dare to fail.” It served him well, and I try to take his advice to heart even today at the age of 67.
Patty
There Is Life After Failure
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