Comments on: Is There a Relationship Between Early Failure and Future Success?

By: COLLEGE STUDENT

COLLEGE STUDENT — Mon, 15 Aug 2011 05:10:08 +0000

I BEEN IN COLLEGE FOR 4 YEARS AND WANT 2 TRANSFER UC UNIVERSITY
BUY MY GPA HAS BEEN FILLED WITH F’s AND C’s…
…how can I be sucessful at aiming better grades??

By: vincent

vincent — Tue, 07 Jun 2011 15:13:34 +0000

Hi to all on here.
Having just read the article about failure leading to success I would say that in sports especially and Im thinking Michael Jordan in basketball, early failure is the character building for future success. I read Ed Smith’s book “what sport tells us about life” which has a chapter on natural talent vs acquired greatness and he says that most sportsmen who acheive the top level had to fight for their place at the top. Jordan had an older brother who always beat him at basketball and when he finally overtook him it was as though the rest of the world was brought within reach. Its a case of the hare and tortoise.

By: medstudent

medstudent — Wed, 04 May 2011 11:51:37 +0000

i was a brilliant student at school, always in top ranks without any bit of studying, easily got into med school with scholarship……but now life’s changed. people who work hard are doing well but working hard is not my piece of cake, my results are poor but still average. so if i’d been a bit hard working from early on it would have been better…….

By: Hadiza Bagudu

Hadiza Bagudu — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 16:42:52 +0000

I worked hard and long, yet I failed. It seemed no matter how hard I try I still fail. And to make it worst, no one support anything I do. Not my friends or family. What I am trying to say is that sometimes it is not about learning any lessons. You just fail and that is it.

By: Jonathan

Jonathan — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 17:42:59 +0000

Failure to me is like the golden egg that hatches success, taking analysis from the new born baby, before a child can sit properly and on its own, despite the many cushioned supports from parents and older sibblings, cousins etc. There are occassional falls, and these goes on from stage to stage and any attempt to complete avoid this may lead to retardedness in bodily developement which will likely to walking and crawling late.

A closer look at the real success in life like, the Gates, The lincolns, The Fords, The Napoleon Hills,

By: Mitch Milam’s Microsoft Discussions » Blog Archive » Random thought of the day: Failure

Fri, 07 Dec 2007 15:33:47 +0000

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By: Smoothpiece: Discuss Anything and Everything » With Failure Comes Success

Smoothpiece: Discuss Anything and Everything » With Failure Comes Success — Fri, 26 Jan 2007 19:29:11 +0000

[...] I was reading this article off a very insightful website (www.steve-olson.com). He is always writing about some very complex ideas that just seem to run through his head. This idea that he talks about came to him while sitting at lunch. Does every success come with failure? Do you first have to fail before you can learn how to succeed? I believe as a general assumption yes. How many people can just go into something for the first time and imagine of perfecting that field. I know when I first started designing websites and just about up from a year ago I finally got the overall picture. I created some HORRIBLE sites but at the time I thought they worked and were ok. I didn’t really “fail” in that sense but it wasn’t as if I had succeeded in creating a functional website. [...]

By: Articles On Ways to Look at Failure

Articles On Ways to Look at Failure — Sun, 21 Jan 2007 14:55:49 +0000

[...] Steve Olson asks an important question (Well, actually he asks several.) in Is There a Relationship Between Early Failure and Future Success? [...]

By: Fab 5 on Friday 01/19/07 - Spirituality Applied to Life - Balanced Life Center

Fab 5 on Friday 01/19/07 - Spirituality Applied to Life - Balanced Life Center — Fri, 19 Jan 2007 05:24:58 +0000

[...] Is success predicated on failure? Whatever happened to that straight A student in your class? Do you think they moved through life never failing? Do you think that you have to fail in order to succeed? What about those we consider successful, did they ever fail in their chosen path? How did they recover? These are some of the questions Steve asks in his post, Is There a Relationship Between Early Failure and Future Success. [...]

By: Nneka

Nneka — Mon, 15 Jan 2007 21:18:25 +0000

I was one of the straight A students all the way through college. I’ve never really “failed” miserably at anything in my life and I am deathly afraid to do so.

This is good and bad. I tend not to try things unless I have a perceived 90% chance of success. I use the word perceive because you can truly never know. On the other hand, I never expect to fail, so I feel like I always succeed. I also pull out of things before they become catastrophic.

For example, my husband and I ran an online business for 2 years together (he did it for 3 alone before me). It’s ended and there’s about $30K in debt. I would say that was a failure, but recoverable. I’ll be recovering from it for years to come. Some people may view it as catastrophic. I think of the lessons learned compared to the price paid. Failing at that business makes my chances of success in larger endeavors greater.

That failure brought to light a lot of my weaknesses. Some I am willing and able to work on, and some that I’m willing to accept. Now that I know about them, I can surround myself with people who have those strengths.

I guess what I’m saying is that you’re going to fail in life, but every experience has in it the kernel of success. I think everyone, even straight A students fail. Some people fail smaller and faster than others.

Hope that makes sense.

In Spirit,
Nneka