WOMEN'S FRONTLINE MAGAZINE ISSUE 18 Cover Issue 18 October 2016

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MISTAKES ARE NOT ULTIMATE....
Success is not air one breathes. It
is in the activity we do and pursue
regardless of the fears and
challenges of failure. I have always
said that, what you are afraid of, you
can never become it; this implies that
when you are afraid to make a
mistake as you pursue success, you
will find it difficult to attain that
success. There are many hurdles and
challenges in life. However, our
ability to rise above them is what
gets us into the flight of success.
Making mistake is not failure.
Mistakes rather make us grow and
develop into what we had always
wanted for ourselves. Great and
successful men and women are
people who have made serious and
devastating mistakes in life and have
used their lessons learnt to rebuild
their personal life and success. A
man who is afraid to fail will fail at
trying. The only way to overcome
failure and become a person of
influence and significance is by
learning from your mistake.
Most at times, we think successful
people do not make mistakes. That is
a delusion people still have about
themselves. They think making
mistakes in life means you are a
failure. No! No! No! What they don’t
know is that, for one to have a
successful story in whatever they do,
they must have room for mistakes.
What you do not prepare for will take
you by a great surprise. We must
learn to create room or have an open
mind about mistakes. This prevents
us from peri -arrest when failure hits
us like a tornado or tsunami.
Many people live their lives
without preparing for mistake. They
therefore get deflated and get into
shock mode when they make a
mistake. The question is: You made a
mistake, so what? To become
successful in the pursuit of your
dreams, goals and aspirations; you
should know that you will have to
make mistakes, bearing in mind that ”
no one is perfect” and therefore,
making a mistake is another way of
learning and developing into
something greater than the mistake.
However, you cannot learn from
your mistakes when you try to deny
it.
Denying your mistakes only makes
you a victim of failure.
This is why it is very paramount that,
you learn to accept your mistakes and
open up for correction. Failure to do
this will push you into depth of
disappointment and heartaches.