12. Comfortability With Failure
“I’ve missed more than 9,000 shots in my career. I’ve lost almost 300 games. 26 times, I’ve been trusted to take the game-winning shot and missed. I’ve failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed.” — Michael Jordan
Failure is a part of life.
You are never going to meet someone who has never failed in their life.
But you will find lots of people who let a single failure define them.
Failure is nothing to be ashamed of but not coming back from failure and facing it square on is for losers.
Entrepreneurship is not about avoiding failure but about dealing with it.
Once you get over one failure, along comes another.
It’s an essential part of growing and understanding your business niche.
After you go through so many setbacks, you will know so much more than someone just starting, and this is itself an advantage.
Failing is an advantage over the competition so long as you learn and adapt to it.
Change your mindset and embrace the setbacks and understand what they mean for you.