{"id":70,"date":"2013-01-21T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2013-01-21T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/empowernetwork.com\/hbiz3\/failure-does-not-exist\/"},"modified":"2026-07-25T19:07:32","modified_gmt":"2026-07-25T19:07:32","slug":"failure-does-not-exist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/empowernetwork.com\/hbiz3\/failure-does-not-exist\/","title":{"rendered":"Failure does not exist"},"content":{"rendered":"

Have you ever held back on doing something because you were afraid of failure?\u00a0 Most people have!\u00a0 Let\u2019s face it; no one likes to fail.\u00a0 None of us likes to feel like we\u2019re ineffective, weak or lacking in any way, and that\u2019s exactly how failure makes us feel.<\/p>\n

However, you may be surprised to know that failure doesn\u2019t exist \u2013 until YOU say it does.\u00a0 In the dictionary, failure has several definitions:\u00a0 1)\u00a0 a failing to do or perform\u00a0 2)\u00a0 a state of inability to perform a normal function adequately\u00a0 3)\u00a0 a fracturing or giving way under stress\u00a0 4)\u00a0 a lack of success.<\/p>\n

Get a quick look at Jim Rohn<\/em> a man whose reputation precedes himself and hear how he actually struggled with Personal Development<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Look carefully at those definitions and you\u2019ll probably realize they have one thing in common when it comes to goal achievement:\u00a0 failure is a PERCEPTION<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

If you believe you have failed, then you have.\u00a0 If you believe you don\u2019t have the ability to succeed, then you don\u2019t.\u00a0 If you believe you can\u2019t handle the pressure of achieving your goals, you can\u2019t.\u00a0 If you believe you\u2019re not successful, you aren\u2019t.\u00a0 Failure only exists in your own mind!\u00a0 The moment you decide to give up or stop working toward your goals, failure is born.<\/p>\n

But what if you never do that?\u00a0 What if you continue working toward your goals, one step at a time for as long as it takes?\u00a0 There\u2019s no failure then, is there?<\/p>\n

This insight should be very encouraging if you\u2019ve been working toward goals and not yet seeing positive results.\u00a0 Simply keep going and you cannot fail!<\/p>\n

Here are three tips to help you stay strong and focused on your goals:<\/p>\n

1) Never give yourself an out.\u00a0 Most people do this without even realizing it.\u00a0 They are willing to work hard on achieving their goals, until the going gets too rough or their motivation dwindles.\u00a0 Don\u2019t do that!\u00a0 Commit<\/strong> to making your goals happen, no matter what!\u00a0 Never quit, never contemplate admitting failure, and never lose your inner determination.<\/p>\n

2) Don\u2019t get hooked on a specific timeframe for completion.\u00a0 It\u2019s okay to set a general timeline, but be aware that some circumstances will be beyond your control, so you can\u2019t say for sure when your goal will be achieved.\u00a0 If you do that, you\u2019re just setting yourself up for failure!\u00a0 Instead, get a general idea of when you\u2019d like your goal to be completed, but then take it a day at a time and focus on making progress, not reaching the finish line in as little time as possible.<\/p>\n

3) Finally, be sure that you don\u2019t view obstacles and setbacks as failures.\u00a0 The two are completely different.\u00a0 An obstacle, setback or delay means only one thing:\u00a0 it\u2019s not time for your goal to be completed yet.\u00a0 That\u2019s it!\u00a0 It doesn\u2019t mean you failed; it doesn\u2019t mean you\u2019re weak; it doesn\u2019t mean you\u2019ll never achieve your goals.\u00a0 It simply means you\u2019re not done yet.\u00a0 You\u2019ve got to keep moving forward and find a way around or through the obstacle.<\/p>\n

We must fail in order to learn! Be a badass and check out Empower Network<\/a> today and achieve the end results of what failure couldn\u2019t stop\u2026.YOU!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Have you ever held back on doing something because you were afraid of failure?\u00a0 Most people have!\u00a0 Let\u2019s face it; no one likes to fail.\u00a0 None of us likes to feel like we\u2019re ineffective, weak or lacking in any way, and that\u2019s exactly how failure makes us feel. However, you may be surprised to know […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":680,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-70","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-empower-network"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/empowernetwork.com\/hbiz3\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/empowernetwork.com\/hbiz3\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/empowernetwork.com\/hbiz3\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/empowernetwork.com\/hbiz3\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/680"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/empowernetwork.com\/hbiz3\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=70"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/empowernetwork.com\/hbiz3\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":96,"href":"https:\/\/empowernetwork.com\/hbiz3\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70\/revisions\/96"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/empowernetwork.com\/hbiz3\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=70"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/empowernetwork.com\/hbiz3\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=70"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/empowernetwork.com\/hbiz3\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=70"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}