How leaders deal with failure?

Have you ever wondered what separates true leaders and followers? Is it their achievements? Is it their ambition? Is it the luck they may have had in their lives? Or the background that supported them on their effort to go far? None of the above are the reasons that our destiny evolves the way it is in each person’s life. They may play a significant role in the events’ turnover, but they don’t have the binding effect one might think they have. It is their perception of the world and the way they think. Otherwise, anyone who was born rich would manage to impact the world and vice versa. Did you know that Abraham Lincoln was born in a log cabin? History is full of examples of people who started low and managed to become very successful. It would also be unfair for today’s leaders to address all of their success in luck. Besides, believing that destiny is responsible for your life’s outcome will not help you approach your goals anyway. So, let’s see which are indeed these parameters that play an essential role and how finally some people make it.

Cause and effect

There are two ways to see your position in life. The one is to believe that the job you hold in the world is the effect of the conditions around you; this is how most people think. It is a way to deal with reality. They are the kind of people who always use the word ”because”. For example, I was late because there was traffic. If you ask this person: ”If I gave you $1,000, would you be on time?” They will probably answer: ”If that was the case, I would even arrive earlier.” The answer to this type of question implies that it is not the conditions but the motivation that led to specific results. They refuse to take responsibility because they believe responsibility equals blame.

On the other hand, you have the option to adopt the theory that you are the cause of anything that is going on in your life, and if you are confident enough, you may feel that you can influence other people’s lives too; this is more or less how the 95% of the population thinks. Which side you are on will determine the choices you will make in your everyday life. People who see themselves as the cause of a situation tend to be more decisive and take action to achieve their goals. They hold themselves 100% responsible for what is going on in their lives. For them, responsibility means that they may have made wrong and right choices in the past; however, it is up to them to create their own future. Responsible means the person who is able to respond, and this gives us power, the power to change!

Perception and projection

What you see in other people is implicitly connected with the way you perceive the world. The facts that are going on around us are the same for everyone. The internal representation of these events differs for each person. We often interpret the world in a way that first meets our expectations. What we experience is the result of what we hope or we expect to happen. Whatever we can see in other people has to be something that already exists within us. Whether we admire or dislike some characteristics of other people, as long as we are able to recognize them, this means there are things we have ourselves. Perhaps we avoid letting them come out or refuse to express them, but we owe them in any case. So, whenever you meet someone who has a positive skill or behavior, don’t envy them or feel sorry for yourself because you can’t do the same; remember you can do the exact same thing; you got it.

Feedback and failure

Another essential truth about how we can approach success is the perception of failure. Let’s take a moment and assume there is no failure in life, and there is what we call negative feedback. Every time we do something, and it does not turn out the way we expected, we will consider that this is just a plane way to understand whether we move in the right direction. It is a simple way to accept reality without being overwhelmed by sad emotions. Thomas Edison said: ”I didn’t fail, I just found 10.000 ways not to make a light bulb.” If the famous scientist had accepted his experiments’ negative feedback as a failure, he wouldn’t keep trying. The statement that there is no failure is an excellent way to evaluate the conditions in a way that will help you take action and refuse to quit.

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