26A- Celebrating Failure

This past semester, I had a group project and completely forgot the due date for a very important part of the project. I felt like a complete failure because I usually have my life planned and organized to the minute. It was so frustrating to have missed such an important due date. I kept wanting to put the blame on the other group members, to then realize that I am the only person to blame.
I learned from the experience that sometimes failure just happens by mistake. I did not plan to miss the deadline and I did not plan to let my group members down. I realized that when I take the blame for it, the group members respected me a lot more. My mistake was small but felt like the world to me. Because of my perfectionist personality, mistakes are something I do not take lightly.

Failure is something that I have always feared. It stems a sense of anxiety in me that has been there since I was a little girl. I absolutely hate owning up to my failures and the thought of telling them to my parents is worse. When I fail, I tend to tell people about it for comfort, but I never actually end up fixing the problem. This class; however, has showed me that failure is sometimes a part of the natural cycle of life. The ups and downs are what bring success. I need to have the grit to get through the failures and persevere in the end. I am definitely more likely to take a risk now that I have taken this class especially with my professional life. 

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  1. MeiDecember 3, 2017 at 10:19 PM

    I used to be the same way. Failure is one of my biggest fears and I am slowly starting to embrace it. Besides the pressure from my parents and the pressure from the rest of the people that surround me, I put the most pressure on myself. Pressure is good to a certain extent, and sometimes when we make mistakes we need to back up a step and look at the situation from another perspective. It is not something to fear, but it is something to face and later on prevent once you learn from it.

    We are never good until we fail and recognize that there are another solution to the problem. This is one of the definitions for success.

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