How to Fail Perfectly

<p>This week’s pod is all about how to fail – and do it well… and fair warning, it’s got some tough love in it!</p><p> </p><p>Now, many of us give up too easily and we complain about our perceived failures way too much, right? And we both know that what I teach is all about freedom -  to free your mind and free your life.</p><p> </p><p>The thing is: avoiding failure – having low failure resilience - is costing you your dreams, success, growth, learning, and expansion!</p><p> </p><p>When I see someone who is afraid to fail and not willing to take action (because a main reason why people don’t take action is fear of failure), I see something amazing that is being put off, or that might never manifest. When I see someone indulging in excuses, blaming or pointing the finger I see no benefit – just that we are staying stuck.</p><p> </p><p>So today is about how you can increase your failure resilience. One of my superpowers is seeing what’s possible for people, especially when they can’t see it for themselves. And I really see a lot of people quit too early on their dreams. Many of us want to get out of debt… want to get healthy...want to have a more meaningful career… want better mental health...  But we also often want it to be <strong>easy</strong>! We want the <strong>result</strong>, but don’t want to <strong>do </strong>the work. Or at least not do it when it ends up being more than we expected.</p><p> </p><p>We're afraid of the journey because it’s probably going to be painful. But we ALL have been there. AND… we were born ready to fail! It’s like babies falling over and over when they learn to walk. They HAVE to fall – its part of the learning. And think of where we’d all be if we gave up whenever we failed a bunch of times in a row. None of us would walk or eat. For realz.</p><p> </p><p>So even though the grit is innate in us, somehow it gets deconditioned. We start to worry about what people think. We think failure is a permanent part of who we fundamentally are, and that it somehow defines our worth. And we’