The Gift of Failure

This episode is part 2 of a 2-episode series where we really dive into the subject fear plays in building a successful business. In part 1 we talked about what fear actually is and how you can actually change your thoughts actually perpetuate and feed that fear. If you haven’t listened to part 1, episode 111, see the link to it below!

In this pod episode, we dig farther into how exactly fear can be used to actually BUILD your business and how to adopting a healthier attitude towards failure is the key to unlocking success in your business and in your life.

The only way to get ‘unstuck’ in your business is to adopt a new mindset about failure

It is ingrained in us during childhood that failure is a horribly bad thing to avoid. We also think that two paths exist: one is a path towards success and the other is a path that leads us to failure.

However, the reality is that only ONE PATH EXISTS! Success and Failure are merely different steps or stages along the same path! You literally have to fail your way to success every single day. Failure is unavoidable on your way to success! We must shift our mindsets to understand this and accept it so that as we do meet failure during our journey, we can mentally check it off as a step in the process and move on!

Join me in this episode as I talk about my personal experience with failure, the biggest shift I had to make when it comes to failure, how to adopt a new mindset to the ‘NO’s’ in your business, and my action plans for you to increase your failure threshold.

Mentioned: episode 111

Episode Quotes

“We've got to give our children a chance to experience failure in a healthy way.”

“Success and failure are not two different paths. You literally have to fail your way to success every single day.”

“Failure is an unavoidable and necessary part of success.”

“Successful people build their results on TOP of a pile of failures.”

“The yes’s you get will build your business. The no’s will build YOU.”

“Failure gives you the opportunity to learn and grow.”

Listen to Learn

00:22 Episode Intro, What's new in the podcast
02:11 Recap of the previous episode (YVU 111 – How to Overcome Your Fear of Prospecting)
03:54 The wrong mindset about failure
07:20 Success and failure are not two different paths, Why you need a mindset shift
09:24 The biggest mindset shift I had to make when it comes to failure
12:32 How failure forges character, Here is why you feel stuck in business
16:28 How to increase your ‘failure threshold'
21:26 My advice for you to prospecting (Shannon's story)
24:48 Here's my action plan for you