Apologizing Is a Form of Weakness [7P Productions]

Source: reportergimmi

When you apologize, you show people that you are fallible and that you make mistakes. In a world of hyper-productivity, success means everything and failure is nothing. Whether we like it or not, the truth is that an apology is admitting to the world a weakness and that you failed.

Good. Be weak. Show you’re human. Make mistakes. Make them early and make them often. Learn from them. Grow.

When you fail, say, “I’m sorry. I’ll do better next time.”

And make sure you back those words up.

Failure is Overrated

I have not failed, I’ve just found 10,000 ways that won’t work.
- Thomas Edison

Sometimes there’s too much attention spent on mistakes and failures. We don’t remember the 9,999 times Edison failed to invent the light bulb. We only remember the successful 10,000th attempt.

Failure doesn’t define you (and neither should success). The fear of failure should not stop you from what you want to do, or perhaps what you need to do. You’ll still be the same person you were before you took that chance on success. Instead of dwelling on your fear of failure, replace it with a fear of inaction.

Apologizing to others for not succeeding is OK. Apologizing to yourself for not trying is not.

The goal is not to be better than the other person, but to be better than your previous self.
-An old Hindu proverb

Original post here: Al at 7P

20 June 2008 | Use What Works in Practice, peace, progress | Comments