The statement above is a fulfilling prophecy. Being constantly burdened by the weight of unfulfillment does a lot to a person, far more than the eyes could see, but its effects can be felt. Often in the real world, it's not the smart who gets ahead of the pack but the bold. If you're the kind of person who is waiting for the right thing to happen, that series of perfectly lined events to happen before you make your move. It's like waiting for all traffic lights within a five-mile radius to be green before you'll start your journey.

Ever heard the statement "everyone wants to go to heaven but nobody wants to die"?. I'm sure that clicked in your mind. similarly, most people dream of being achievers but are terrified of the possibility of failure if they try.

what does failure look like?

Ohh this one's easy. its usually accompanied by a variety of emotions. Embarrassment, pain, fear, anxiety, anger, shame to mention but a few. Its often devastating yet motivating.

If you spend a couple of hours going to the biography of achieved great men, you'll find they had one thing in common. They had all failed at some point, they all experienced the feelings that came afterward but instead of staying down after receiving a blow from their disappointments they turned it around to be a motivating factor. After all, we learn from our failures, not our successes.

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Failure is something we all come in contact with it. As a result of societal and academic expectations, we dread failing at something and see it as detrimental to our success. From childhood, we have been taught to keep away from failure. In school, we aim towards all A's expectations of our parents and society so that we can get into a good university or get a good job offer after college. We avoid getting an ‘F’ like the plague because that would mean we performed dreadfully at something, a stain on our path. Do you know that in the letter grading system, F is the only letter grade that corresponds to the first letter of what it's supposed to stand for? Yeah, that's right. failure. The educational system has done a good job in rendering us into perfectionists, sadly it doesn't exist. In this subtle way, the idea that failure is desirable for us becomes embedded in our mind and we try to avoid it. Failure which should be seen as a natural part of our lives is therefore seen as something very negative.

Although failure can be very painful and as humans we tend to develop a natural aversion to it at certain ages. its important to recognize the positive impact failing at something brings. it actually can enable us unlock great potential. But, in order to do so, we have to change our mindset towards failure.

_{If you need some extra motivation along the way, you can make use of these quotes.}

Quotes	Name
You may encounter many defeats, but you must not be defeated. In fact, it may be necessary to encounter the defeats, so you can know who you are, what you can rise from, how you can still come out of it.	Maya Angelou
"Just because you fail once doesn't mean you're gonna fail at everything."	-Marilyn Monroe
"No human ever became interesting by not failing. The more you fail and recover and improve, the better you are as a person. Ever meet someone who's always had everything work out for them with zero struggle? They usually have the depth of a puddle. Or they don't exist."	-Chris Hardwick
"Failure is nothing more than a chance to revise your strategy."	-Sissy Gavrilaki