Can failure be the key to success?

By Hope
@1hopefulman (45120)
Canada
April 30, 2018 3:53pm CST
Do you want to succeed but you don't know how? Have you tried failure? How can failure be the key to success? You see, sometime back someone said: If at first you don't succeed, try and try again. Very few people succeed without a few failures. The key to success is not to let a few failures stop you from continuing to try again and again until success is achieved!
The Rebound is a CNNMoney series featuring prominent business leaders who have overcome career failures.
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@amadeo (111938)
• United States
30 Apr 18
yes I heard this story many years ago.
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@1hopefulman (45120)
• Canada
6 May 18
Yes, it's an old story and I guess you have been around for a while.
@1hopefulman (45120)
• Canada
7 May 18
@amadeo Only 12 to go to 100.
@amadeo (111938)
• United States
6 May 18
@1hopefulman I have been around Felix 88 years.lol
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@dodo19 (47336)
• Beaconsfield, Quebec
30 Apr 18
You can learn from failure. There's definitely a lesson there. That's where you can succeed. When you fail, you learn what doesn't work.
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@dodo19 (47336)
• Beaconsfield, Quebec
1 May 18
@1hopefulman That is a good saying. It is very true. Something that we should remember.
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@1hopefulman (45120)
• Canada
6 May 18
@dodo19 Yes, successful people look at everything in a [positive light.
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@1hopefulman (45120)
• Canada
1 May 18
Exactly! I think it is was Thomas Edison that failed over a thousand times on his lightbulb. When asked about his failures, I think he said that he hadn't failed but learned 1000 different ways how it will not work.
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@DianneN (247184)
• United States
4 May 18
Yes, many have failed at first, some many times, and went on to fulfill their dreams.
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@1hopefulman (45120)
• Canada
5 May 18
Do you know of any interesting stories?
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@1hopefulman (45120)
• Canada
6 May 18
@DianneN Great!
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@DianneN (247184)
• United States
6 May 18
@1hopefulman My father. He had a limited education, but used his smarts to become very successful.
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@amimar (51)
30 Apr 18
Failure can be key to success only if you take your failure as a motivation to work hard
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@1hopefulman (45120)
• Canada
6 May 18
Yes, that is the idea!
@porwest (92748)
• United States
30 Apr 18
Failure is only an obstacle if you don't learn from it. And most people who succeed have failed many, many times. It's sometimes why, for example, it irks me when people hate the rich so much. Most people don't know that many of the rich failed multiple times, lost life savings and more, before they finally got to where they are. It's hard work. Most people give up after the first try.
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@1hopefulman (45120)
• Canada
6 May 18
Yes, we should not envy those that are successful but learn from them.
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@1hopefulman (45120)
• Canada
10 May 18
@porwest What if he stole it? Cars have never been my thing, so I may not even notice that it is a BMW. To me, a car was just a means to get from point A to point B. I've done just about everything that I wanted to do and so my success these days is trying to avoid getting sick and have enough energy for each day.
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@porwest (92748)
• United States
10 May 18
@1hopefulman I see a guy driving a BMW. I don't get mad. I wonder, how did he get it?
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30 Apr 18
In fact, there's nothing called failure; failure is quitting trying again. If you have not succeeded from the first time, try another time, and one should always keep an eye for other opportunities. :)
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@1hopefulman (45120)
• Canada
6 May 18
I agree! Failure happens only when one quits trying. Sometimes, failure teaches us to try something else.
@toniganzon (72554)
• Philippines
1 May 18
There are a lot of people who have succeeded after too many failures. They key is not giving up actually. Not the failure itself.
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@1hopefulman (45120)
• Canada
6 May 18
Yes, it seems that many successful people had failures but they kept on going until they succeeded.
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@1hopefulman (45120)
• Canada
8 May 18
@toniganzon (72554)
• Philippines
7 May 18
@1hopefulman Yeah, so not quitting is the key to success actually.
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@louievill (28851)
• Philippines
30 Apr 18
I think it's always been that way if you read about the lives and stories of the very rich, I think it's got something to do with tenacity and believing in what you know and what needs to be done but it also has the element of luck I guess.
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@1hopefulman (45120)
• Canada
1 May 18
Yes, tenacity and belief has worked for many. I think that Colonel Saunders of Kentucky Fried Chicken fame had that experience. Do you know his story?
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@1hopefulman (45120)
• Canada
6 May 18
@louievill Sounds interesting! Thanks for sharing it with me.
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@caopaopao (12395)
• China
6 May 18
It is possible to succeed if we try again and again. But we can't succeed if we don't try. So we can only keep working hard and never give up.
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@1hopefulman (45120)
• Canada
6 May 18
Your right! No success come without trying.
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@caopaopao (12395)
• China
6 May 18
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@epiffanie (11326)
• Australia
5 May 18
We can also learn from the failure of others..
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@1hopefulman (45120)
• Canada
6 May 18
Yes, we can!
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@rakski (126291)
• Philippines
1 May 18
True. If you fail, you should try and redo it again learnung from all the mistakes you got
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@1hopefulman (45120)
• Canada
6 May 18
Yes, that is the positive approach to failure and failure only happens when someone quits.
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@1hopefulman (45120)
• Canada
6 May 18
@rakski (126291)
• Philippines
6 May 18
@1hopefulman yes that is true.
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@Deepizzaguy (104338)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
1 May 18
Learning from your errors make all of us better persons.
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@1hopefulman (45120)
• Canada
6 May 18
Very nice! I like that approach to failures. Very positive!
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@Deepizzaguy (104338)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
9 May 18
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@andriaperry (117173)
• Anniston, Alabama
1 May 18
Yes, I agree. you dont know your poor till you get money.
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@1hopefulman (45120)
• Canada
6 May 18
True, only after you get some money that you realize how poor you were.
• India
6 May 18
Yes. Failure is a great teacher and it teaches a lot if you are ready to taught by it.
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@1hopefulman (45120)
• Canada
6 May 18
True! The thing also is not to quit because of failures but use them to move forward.
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• India
6 May 18
@1hopefulman Yes. Without getting disheartened
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@mythociate (21432)
• Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
21 Jul 18
They say 'success can be up-to 99% failure.'
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@1hopefulman (45120)
• Canada
21 Jul 18
So then, we should not fear failure but realize it is a way to success.
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@1hopefulman (45120)
• Canada
23 Jul 18
@mythociate Yes, that is a better way to look at things!
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@mythociate (21432)
• Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
23 Jul 18
@1hopefulman Well, 'fear of failure' quite-often MOTIVATES US to push for success!... I guess a better way of thinking of it is 'we should not ACCEPT failure (like it's the end of our life, but rather it's an adjustment or a turning-point or a launchpad.)'
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@franxav (13849)
• India
1 May 18
Recently, Union Public Service Commission (Government Administrative) Exams were conducted. It is seen that quite many of the candidates succeeded after two, three and even four attempts.
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@1hopefulman (45120)
• Canada
6 May 18
They have proved the saying about trying and trying again and succeeded because they didn't give up.
@nela13 (58710)
• Portugal
24 May 18
When we fail we know the wrong way, so all we have to do is go on the other way. Fail is important to succeed later.
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@1hopefulman (45120)
• Canada
24 May 18
Seems like the wise thing to do but many people never seem to learn.
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@1hopefulman (45120)
• Canada
24 May 18
@nela13 I wonder if it is because they are too proud, too stubborn or they don't want to put the effort to succeed?
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@nela13 (58710)
• Portugal
24 May 18
@1hopefulman That is true, some people always fail.
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@dgobucks226 (35778)
6 May 18
Yes, very true. Look at Edison. How many failures did he have before he perfected the light bulb.
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@1hopefulman (45120)
• Canada
7 May 18
I thought it was 1000. Wow, 10,000. That man was not a quitter and learned from his "failures".
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@1hopefulman (45120)
• Canada
8 May 18
@dgobucks226 Thanks for sharing that!
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@dgobucks226 (35778)
8 May 18
@1hopefulman They say he had a cot and slept at his lab quite a bit. Someone who accumulated over 2,000 patents worldwide had no time for sleep, I visited his Florida winter estate and toured his museum. A lot of excellent history there!
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@Daelii (5619)
• United States
1 May 18
so true! every failure can teach something! learn from mistakes and errors and try better next time! hopefully, this time I get a harvest of something from my garden!
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@1hopefulman (45120)
• Canada
6 May 18
Yes! I hope your gardening will be a success this year. What did you plant?
@Starmaiden (9311)
• Canada
30 Apr 18
This is the way I see it. If we fail to achieve our own goals, then we succeed in achieving Gods. We are here according to God's plan, not our own.
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@1hopefulman (45120)
• Canada
6 May 18
Yes, success with God is much better than success without him.
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