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Success Lies in Seeing Failure as a Tool

Just as all the greats have something in common, so too do the true “failures” of life: their inability to use failure as a tool. When you feel that sinking, desperate sensation known as failure and you take it to heart, you diminish yourself. You give your power away to an external event. Success is about learning how to recognize why you failed, and how you’re going to compensate for it.

I find it helpful to ask myself the following questions upon failures, big and small.

What brought about the failure?
How much of it is in my realm of influence?
How can I use my influence to turn failure into success?
What steps do I need to go through to try again?
What can I do every day to ensure that my next try is done more intelligently?