Go fail! Now!

The people who have failed the most are usually the most successful

If you're still having trouble digesting that sentence, go read it again. Read it another 5 times. Contrary to popular belief, this sentence really does hold true on most accounts. As Bruce Lee once said,"Don't fear the man who practiced a thousand kicks one time. Fear the man who practiced one kick a thousand times".

Unfortunately, we have been brought up in a system which criticizes failure. Failure is looked down upon as if it's a sin. However, we should be doing the exact opposite.
Failure is something we will face everyday in life and it's Ok to fail. If you fail at something you don't want to do, it's good since you can then proceed to do something that you want to do. If you fail at something you love, it's even better. You can now go back, analyze your mistakes and then sharpen your skills.

The fear of failure has been the cause of death of many a great idea. The reason most of us don't do what we want to do is because of this. Instead, we just take the easy way out. The fear of public speaking is one of the biggest troubles faced by people worldwide. People don't like to get on stage and face their fears since they are scared about what will happen if they fail. But you don't become a great public speaker by just watching a YouTube video. You need to get on that stage and embrace your fears! Fail repeatedly and make that stage your best friend and only then will you truly succeed.

The greatest people of our age didn't get to the top by just reading success stories or listening to advice. They reached there by slogging it out on the ground. Hard work and failure are the most important pieces of the puzzle. Michael Jordan would have failed more times at a certain thing than the average basketball player would have even attempted. That is the main reason he was a legend of the game. The formula is simple : Try, fail, learn, fail again and learn again. This is a never ending process.

Success also usually brings up a false notion to people. While it is good to accomplish something, a lot of people think they've reached the top and stop learning. This is one of the reasons why a lot of businesses burn down after a promising start - Due to the ego of the founders.

If you avoid failure, you will avoid success. Do not be afraid to fail. It's ok to hate failing but you must embrace failing in order to be successful. If you aren't failing enough, it means you're not pushing the limits and trying to learn new things. Only those who try going too far can possibly find out how far one can go. So get out there and start failing today!