Setbacks Or Comebacks: The Choice Is Yours
I have come to realise that in life, what ultimately matters to an individual is not what happens to them, but what they make of what has happened. That is, even if you fail at an attempt, the failure does not define you if you will get back up from that place and try again. You have a choice to allow your failure to be a setback for you or to make a comeback from it. Just to let you know; the difference between those who have succeeded and others, is not because they never failed, but because they were able to make a comeback from it. You have a choice of allowing your situations to define you, or defining the outcome of your life by redefining your situations.
You have to understand that life does not guarantee that you will have a smooth ride. In fact, for every success that you seek, there will always be contention and of course, things that you need to do. Sometimes you may even take a step and it will not produce the kind of result that you seek, but you should not give up trying. If you trying again, then you have a chance of succeeding, but if you quit trying, then you have closed every chance of you succeeding. Life may not go in the exact way as you have predicted or intended, but it is still worth living, and it will still present its challenges, which also paves the way for success.
Successful people turn setbacks to comebacks, while the others see it as discouragement. I remember the last AFCON tournament that was held in the continent, the team that eventually won the tournament lost their opening match. In fact, their first-two matches were short of expectation. They narrowly qualified through the knockout stage by being the "best losers." While all these were happening and while many other teams thought that it was over for them, their coach kept giving them hope and telling them that they can do it. Adorably, they rose up from their setbacks and began to put in determination, resilience and a good fighting spirit. When they got to the finals, they met the same team that had beaten them in their opening match. But things turned out differently, they beat them to become the AFCON champion. This goes to prove that you can go from setbacks to comebacks if you make a choice to.
Each time you take a step and maybe fail at it, then there will always be something to learn from it, instead of sulking over it and remaining in the failed state. You need to rise up, take the lessons that you have learnt from that attempt, then apply them to the next attempt that you will make, and watch how you will produce a better result. It does not really matter how many times that you have tried a thing and failed at it, what matters is that you always rise up and try again. One day, the attempts will yield fruits. However, in order to make a choice of turning setbacks to comebacks and achieving it, there are things that you need top know and have handy.
The first point is that you need to have the right mindset - a mindset that will not look at failure as a stumbling-block but as a stepping-stone. What happens to you and how you perceive what happens around you can be greatly influenced by your mindset. If you must succeed in life, then you need to remain positive and carry a possibility mentality.
What you think in your mind will be what will manifest on the outside. If you think positively and possibility, you will see yourself acting it even if you find yourself in a seemingly bad situation. There is no situation that is absolutely hopeless if you can still rise up and take an action.
The next thing you need to know is that, while trying after a setback, you can actually try out a different approach. If you still follow the same approach that caused the initial setback, it may repeat again and you may not make a comeback. Obviously, you cannot continue to do the same thing that you have been doing for long in the same way and hope for a change of result. If you want a change of result, then you need to have a change of approach.
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