How to succeed at failing

It’s great when you try something new and it works out—success! Unfortunately, that does not always happen. But in fact, it really shouldn’t. If everything you do always works, you are not stretching yourself and your ideas enough, exploring new avenues, or creating ambitious goals. The only way to grow is to try new and unknown things. And sometimes that means you fail. A productive failure is one where you learn something, allowing you to move forward in a new direction, even though it may not be what you thought it was going to be. For example, 3M’s search for an ultrastrong adhesive failed, but instead it got Post-it notes. Not every failure is going to be as successful as Post-it notes, but you can learn and grow from each one. Admit you failed. The first step is to realize and admit that you failed to achieve your goal. It