Failing Forward
Why the fear of failure was my greatest teacher
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Dear Friend
How are you feeling today? I hope Sunday is treating you well so. I have a question for you… Do you ever wake up with the fear of failure? Especially on a Sunday, looking back over the week wondering if you’d achieved anything, or worried about the week ahead with what tasks await you?
I’ll let you into a little secret… I wake up most mornings fearing failure, but it isn’t a problem anymore. I used to think failure was my enemy. After two divorces, bankruptcy, losing my home, and watching my business crumble during the pandemic, I wore failure like an identity badge.
“Here comes the quitter,” my inner critic would whisper. But here’s the plot twist - looking back on th…