Rising From The Worst Failures

Rising From The Worst Failures

One of the most widely circulated stories about FAILURE was that NBA 1997 Western Conference Semifinals wherein the late basketball great KOBE BRYANT shot four straight airballs, one with two seconds left in regulation time that could have won the game and three during overtime. In short, four BIG shots, four BIG airballs.  Rising From The Worst Failures💴💷💵

Oh, what that career-defining?  Absolutely YESSSS BUT not in the way you might think.  Kobe said: 'I SHOT FOUR AIRBALLS ON NATIONAL TV.  IN FRONT OF MILLIONS OF PEOPLE, THAT COST US THE SERIES'.  So, HOW did KOBE get past such a humbling moment?  To quote KOBE: 'YOU HAVE TO LOOK AT THE REALITY OF THE SITUATION.  YOU HAVE TO GET OVER YOURSELF.  IT'S NOT ABOUT YOU.  OK, YOU FEEL EMBARASSED BUT YOU'RE NOT THAT IMPORTANT.  YOU'RE WORRIED ABOUT HOW PEOPLE MAY PERCEIVE YOU.  IT'S EMBARASSING BECAUSE YOU SHOT FOUR AIRBALLS. GET OVER YOURSELF'📗📙📘

To summarize Kobe's sharing, he meant that he could really learn from all those debacles.  While it DIDN'T define WHO he was, it could inform his FUTURE, as long as he is willing to ADAPT & CHANGE.  That's the thing.  WHEN you do something poorly, do WHAT you can to get over yourself as quickly as possible by focusing NOT on WHAT but WHY.  WHY it happened.  WHAT you could have done differently💎💎💎

And another takeaway we can pick up from Kobe's sharing is that we should NOT be concerned if past failures cause you to doubt your future SUCCESS.  In short, we should see in SELF-DOUBT not as a sign that you should quit BUT as a sign THAT you need to adapt, innovate or optimize.  SELF-DOUBT indicates you need to figure out a way to keep going before those DOUBTS grow so large that will eventually push you to quit❎❎❎

IF you're still DOUBTING yourself, that means you're trying to accomplish something difficult.  WHEN you're trying to achieve BIG things, SELF-DOUBT is a natural part of the process.  So, get over yourself, figure out WHAT you'll do next time, and get to work.  That way, you will never have to be a prisoner of your PAST.  This is all about RISING FROM OUR WORST FAILURES❗❗❗