They say it took Edison over a 1000 tries to perfect the light bulb. When asked about how it felt to fail that many times he said, "I didn't fail, I discovered a 1000 ways it didn't work."
So much of this holds true for many today.
The hard part is remembering it isn't about failing it's about recognizing how it didn't work and how to make it better the next time around.
The concept was hard for me to see this in every day life, but I think it's starting to peek it's little head around the corner. It can apply to so many things in life from business or personal quests to relationships.
There are a 1000 ways to fail at everything, but it's about seeing what you did last time that didn't work and how NOT to do the same shit again that will lead you to where you want to be.
Like I said, it's been hard for me to recognize how I was creating the ways in which I was not succeeding at what I need or want to achieve personally. But one day it just clicks and you know!! I'm starting to see the things I have done in the past that were preventing me from going forward.
It doesn't matter what others tell you you are doing wrong or how to fix it, YOU have to be the one to recognize it and want to acknowledge the ways to change it.
Like Eddie Vedder said, "I changed by not changing at all."
This is dedicated to number 18 and to my good friend T.O.. Thank you so very much!
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