We All Fail More Than We Win

#blessedlife

Let’s be real — life isn’t all sunshine and rainbows. As much as we’d like to think we’re crushing it 24/7, the truth is, we probably fail way more often than we succeed. But you’d never know it from looking at social media, where everyone seems to be living their best #blessedlife.

The thing is, failure is a normal and necessary part of the human experience.

As the saying goes, “You miss 100% of the shots you don’t take.” But in our Insta-perfect world, it’s easy to forget that behind every win are usually a whole bunch of face-plants along the way.

I’ll be the first to admit I’ve had my fair share of epic fails:

• I have started about four companies that have failed, and that didn’t stop me from beginning others, but it hurts a bit as you bet on things and they don’t work out
• Or when I spent months preparing for a big presentation at work, only to get so nervous that I froze up and forgot everything I was going to say.
• And let’s not forget the disastrous DIY haircut I gave myself during lockdown. Yikes.

But you know what? Each of those failures taught me something important. The company’s failures taught me to know my limits (and stick to what I know). The presentation failure reminded me that even with…