Success is not Final, Failure is not Fatal…

 

There is nothing more upsetting than setting your hopes onto your dream and it not work out. Usually I am not phased by getting ignored or rejected by employers, but this time was different. It was my dream job, something I want so bad and to make it worse, I got through to the second stage.. I was so close I could almost taste it, then it all came crashing down. Right now I just feel like giving up. I know I wont, but its a simple case of what to do next. I have a masters position as my back up, but how am I going to afford to do that?! I just have to get up and brush myself off, and start again as Winston Churchill once said

 

‘ success consists of going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm’.

I am not going to let go of my dream of being a journalist after this knock back. I wont let it defeat me. Everyone will have had numerous hurdles in their life, but don’t let it stop you, leap right over them, and if you fall on your way, make sure you pick yourself back up again, this time you will be stronger! A friend told me today that Walt Disney was fired from a newspaper company for having a lack of creativity and the founder of KFC was rejected 1009 times before his recipe was accepted by a company, and look how far they came! I’m going to use the emotions of this rejection to give me strength and determination to get to the place where I want to be. The biggest barrier which prevents people from succeeding is the constant fear of failure. Failure can go suck it, at least you can say you’ve been active in your life, if you keep on trying.

Having doubt isn’t always a bad thing…

Just because you worry about a situation or outcome doesn’t mean you are weak or that its wrong. Its that process of analysis which helps most people to do the right thing. Those people who seem to be certain about themselves and their actions tend to make errors due to their snap decisions. I know that I fall into the category of worrier, I can be impulsive but that hasn’t always worked out well for me. It is healthy to be impulsive, that’s not what i’m getting at here though. What I am trying to say is that having doubts are not always a bad thing. I think this quote by Russel is really inspirational and made me feel better about myself and has opened my eyes to how I view making decisions. I am not going to lie here, I hate making decisions because I can be known to over analyse things waying up pros and cons, anxiety about making the wrong decision is horrible for me and I feel stupid when I doubt myself. Russel has taught me that doubt can be good, it can help you progress further and helps make change.

Too much doubt however can be unhealthy. Making decisions is part of life and its something that everyone has to do on a daily basis, asking the question why is better than keeping quiet…Take every opportunity by the hand and embrace it..What have you got to lose?