losses glorify no one; stop glorifying your failure

A lot of people have failed, in their career, business, relationships and more, yet, they keep trying because failure is not the final verdict. However, a lot of people also glorify failure when they fail. It helps them not feel judged for failing. There is no glory in it, and we should not promote or accept failure to the point that the pain is completely ignored because we think it’s simply a right of passage. The pain is what makes failure so important. The lessons come from the experience and the pain thereafter. So do not glorify failure instead share it and learn from it. Glorifying failure in areas of your life has some severe consequences.

Here are some of the reasons below;

1. Glorifying failure stops you from learning from your mistakes

The main reason why many people fail is because they make certain mistakes. Assuming they had more information, the mistakes might have been prevented. Supposing they evaluated their options well, failure might not have happened. But none of these things happened. The mistake happened and it is undeniable. The best way to move forward is to learn from the mistake or mistakes, so that you can prevent them from happening later on in life. Glorifying failure makes you look for justifiable reasons for what happened.

2. Glorifying failure makes you defensive

Human beings hate being criticized. It brings out the worst in us because it makes us feel judged and inadequate. When you glorify failure, it amounts to defending your actions. In your mind, you will give reasons for what happened. Glorifying failure gives you the backbone to put the blame on someone else while extricating yourself and your actions.

3. Glorifying failure leaves you a mediocre

Nobody wants to live a mediocre life. We all dream of being successful. Few people go after their dreams. Others stay in the dream lane because they are so afraid of failure. Failure does not necessarily happen when you take action in certain things and you watch it fall apart. Failure also happens when you are passive in going after your dreams. You might not know it but you have failed. Automatically, you have glorified failure and given it strength to rule your life which leaves you in a mediocre state for years to come.

4. Glorifying failure stops you from taking risks

Life is full of risks. When you glorify failure, you stop taking risks which can help you grow. Most successful people are known as risk takers. They have made a conscious decision to take charge of every aspect of their lives. What is worse than failure? Not taking the risk, becoming a dreamer forever instead of a doer. Don’t worry about the outcome; achieving long-term, sustainable success is a marathon not a sprint. What you need to do is to take that first step and turn your dream into a reality.

5. Glorifying failure teaches laziness

Successful people have to be resilient in all they do. It does not matter if there is discomfort and uncertainty. Those factors are what propel people into greatness. And there is no better teacher for those excruciating factors than failure. Not just failure but learning from failure when it happens. Failure is something we are all afraid of, but at the end of it all, you have got nothing to lose.