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Enteo promotee1/7/2023 ![]() ![]() Because really, what we tend to do is look at micro things under a weirdly macro lens. There are probably thousands of business and personal development books that would disagree with me on this, but my theory is that in order to stop failing, the main thing we can try and do is stop thinking about failure. How do we achieve success in a world of failure? So we can’t be successful because we’re a failure, and we always fail because we’re not successful enough not to fail. Why would the average person think that they - in general - are not “successful”? What does “successful” even look like? Someone who’s rich? Or famous? Or in really great shape? Or won a Pulitzer? It’s probably going to mean something different to everyone, but there are also these very broad ideas that have become so pervasive that even if we might not be thinking them directly, they are still in our consciousness as some standard to which we have to hold ourselves.Īnd sometimes, the answer to “why aren’t you successful?” is simply “because I’m too much of a failure to ever be successful”. Let’s think on a macro level for a moment, as broadly as we can. To which I ask - what difference does it make? To which you might think “exactly, I’m not successful, therefore I’m a failure”. Literally, failure means “lack of success”. So why do we think like this? Why are we forcing ourselves to try and fit into a mould of absolutes? Failure has taken on a new meaning. We’ve failed if we were trying to meditate every day and then forgot about it for a week. ![]() We’ve failed if we were trying to eat healthier and then ate a doughnut. We’ve failed if we’re not as beautiful or as slim as so-and-so. We’ve failed if we don’t achieve our ultimate dream job. It’s become such a recurring part of our personal narrative. But it’s that word again, isn’t it? Failure. It can sometimes feel like the only consistent activity you do is fail to keep up with what you wish you were doing. When failure is the only thing you do consistently. The “ugh, this is why I’ll never be really good at anything”, or the “what a waste of money, I’m so bad at spending wisely” or the classic “another failure, all I do is fail”. It’s those moments when we remember that we left an activity behind that often send us into a spiral of self-judgment. Maybe you once took up baking and bought all the recipe books and special tools and invested hours into watching YouTubers make sourdough, then you made a few loaves and promptly left your baking days behind. Maybe it’s playing a new instrument, learning a new language, or doing a fitness routine. ![]() When something is so new and exciting and fun and it’s all you want to be doing. Have you ever felt like a failure for stopping an activity or hobby? Many of us can probably relate to the feeling of freshness that a new hobby brings to our life. ![]()
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