I’m constantly failing.

Can’t seem to get stuff right, most of the time.

It seems like everything I touch, I have to touch again . . . and again.

It took me four business start-ups before I got to one that proved to be a success, and it’s still going after 24 years.

I have to read three or four books before I get one that I absolutely love.

Just today, I had to write a welcome letter for a new business we’re starting at InfoSource, Inc., the online learning company I’m involved with.  (Check out TeachBits.com for more, if you’re a teacher or school administrator.)

I threw the first three copies away before I was happy with one we could use.  I failed three times before I succeeded.

I think most of us fail . . . all the time, over and over and over again.  Yet, sometimes we keep going forward.  When we can move forward, we can often turn those early baby failures into something worthwhile.

If you can learn, though, that if you don’t give up, you can’t fail.  Did I “fail” to write that letter?  Nope — I did go through a few drafts, but I finally got it right.

Did I “fail” in creating a successful business?  Well, I did fail in creating the first four businesses I thought I wanted to develop, but somehow . . . I guess I learned enough from each mini-failure to pull everything together to create a long-standing successful business.

If you think of anything in your life . . . whether it’s a personal relationship with your son or daughter or getting that dream job, you will fail as soon as you stop pursuing it.

I’m a huge failure . . . and damned proud of it!

What about you?

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