Profiting by Failure by Napoleon Hill
“Before success comes in any man’s life, he’s sure to meet with much temporary defeat and, perhaps some failures. When defeat overtakes a man, the easiest and the most logical thing to do is to quit. That’s exactly what the majority of men do.” Napoleon Hill
Profiting by Failure
“Profiting by failure” may seem like an oxymoron, but it’s a actually a true statement. The only true “failure,” once you think about it, is quitting. Failure is only one step up the ladder to success. If you stumble, you can either choose to let go and fall back to the ground or hold on tight and continue to climb. If you choose the latter, you’ll know not to make the same mistake again. If you choose the former, then it means you won’t learn from your mistake.
Profiting by failure is outlined in The Law of Success by Napoleon Hill. Hill was a philosopher and one of the founders of the modern self help movement. In this book, we learn that if we want to increase our chances of success, we must first double our chances of failure. This doesn’t mean we’ll never find success, only that we need to accept the fact that we may make a lot of mistakes along the way, and that we must learn from them if we truly wish to make it to the end of our journey.
If you want to achieve success, then you must understand that you’re going to go on a journey. Along the way, you may fail some. You may come across some blocks, you may stumble, and you will make some mistakes. However, instead of believing that your failures are permanent, you need to realize that they’re only temporary. Your failures will only become permanent if you choose to quit your journey. You should accept the fact that you’re going to make some mistakes, learn from them when you do, and continue on.
In fact, each failure will only get you closer to your goal. You’ll be stronger, wiser, and more determined to make it through-more so than ever before. Thus, once you finally make it to the end, you’ll be profiting by failure.
If, during your journey, you feel that you should change paths, then you should do so, so long that you move forward. Don’t stop at all. Don’t go backwards. Keep going forward, even if you have to change your path a few times along the way.
So you want to know how to attract wealth and success? By learning from your mistakes and accepting your failures. This is how you can attract wealth and success; this is how you can improve self confidence. And this is how you can profit from failure.