The True Measure Of Success

How you handle failure determines your

levels of success and happiness in life.

If you are afraid to fail, afraid of what others

will think of you, or that your situation could

become worse, you will remain exactly

where you are.

And this is where the feeling of being in a

rut begins.

You probably know certain people who complain

about their lives -- their jobs, relationships,

family or possessions.

It's the same 'ol, same 'ol and even though they

don't like where they are and know things

could be better, they aren't willing to step up

and create change.

They'd rather remain miserable and in a rut

than risk trying something new.

If you are willing to accept the fact that failure is

a part of the landscape on the journey to success,

and take the journey anyway, you will achieve far

more than the common herd.

Successful business owners and high achievers

(athletes, writers, actors, teachers) have failed

many more times than those who remain average

because they were willing to move through and

learn from each failure.

If you were to study every successful human being

on the planet

(and you may define success in any way you choose),

you will uncover a history of obstacles they had to

overcome and failures they endured along the path

to that success.

With failure comes experience.

With experience comes wisdom, character

and strength.

You must know fail in order to recognize success.

Just like you needed to learn what hot was so

you could understand cold, or what up is so

you could understand down.

It's based on one of the 7 Natural Laws

of The Universe -- The Law of Polarity.

You need to experience fear in order to

appreciate faith.

You need to experience illness in order to

appreciate health.

You need to experience hate in order to

appreciate love.

The important thing to understand is that

although failure is a part of the process,

it does need to be managed.

To run blindly into any situation is careless

and creates far more failure than needs to exist.

This is where processes and structures and

support systems become invaluable --

where creating a "success"

environment reduces your failures and moves

you quicker and easier to where you want to be.

Failure must be a part of the process for it's in

these valleys you grow most - it's where you

become a stronger, more capable person.

And even if what you've worked so hard for is

taken away from you, you know how to get it

back faster and easier because you have

the necessary knowledge and experience.

The true measure of success is in who

you become.

If there is anything in your life you long for,

don't let the fear of failure stop you because

in the end when you look back on your life

with regret for the things you never did,

you will have realized the ultimate failure.