The Eccentric Cowboy

The opportunities in failure

 


We all know that if we want to build physical strength, we work, lift weights, or do some other physical activity that challenges our muscles. In the short run, that physical activity breaks down those muscles, but in the long run, it stimulates them to build back and grow stronger.

So, isn’t it paradoxical that we often look at a failure as – failure, instead of an opportunity to become stronger. As I see it, failure is the breaking down of our emotional, intellectual and spiritual muscles, and like what happens with our physical muscles, we hurt, we get sore, and we are often inclined to avo...



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