Why Motivation Still Falls Short???

 

Question:  WHAT's the correlation between FAILURE and MOTIVATION.  Bonus answer:  FAILURE can lead to MOTIVATION and vice-versa.  Many success stories tell us that FAILURE can lead to MOTIVATION and conversely, as there is NO guarantee that MOTIVATION leads to SUCCESS, WHO knows, even after you get MOTIVATED, you may still end up FAILING.  WHICH reminds me of a venture capitalist WHO blurted:  "I WILL NOT INVEST IN A BUSINESS UNLESS THE PEOPLE HEADING THE COMPANY HAVE FAILED AT LEAST ONCE".  And NOT surprisingly, many venture capitalists agree with that.  So, WHY MOTIVATION STILL FAILS???

And NOT so surprisingly, Psychology creeps into this kind of discussion because it's technical explanation is that FAILURE teaches us lessons that SUCCESS never can.  And FAILURE teaches us humility and character, both of WHICH are highly valued and even rewarded by all our cultures, societies and even business [although society romanticizes FAILURE as the whimsical, hard-earned path to SUCCESS, it is the lessons it teaches us at the moment it happens that become more important and even useable.  At that harsh moment WHEN we realize that FAILURE is inevitable, it is a millisecond of self-confrontation💚💛💜

Admittedly, as this happened to me many times in the past, FAILURE can lead us to question our very own selves, our self-worth, efforts and even the value of our life.  Those dark days that follows our FAILURE is the most authentic form of ourselves as FAILURE can teach us empathy for fellow men.  It can teach thoughtfulness for those less fortunate and promotes tolerance and even acceptance.  YES, all those qualities are essential to our personal and even business successes💥💥💥

So, it is paramount to accept FAILURE with humility, to embrace it for the lessons it teaches you, albeit costly, NOT so glamorous and even humiliating.  WHAT happens next, your FUTURE can then be paved as FAILURE causes and triggers us to reevaluate WHAT we did, both wrong and right, and learn from it and FAILURE moves us forward [even if in reality, it literally sets us back in our journey] but even without being an optimist, I firmly believe that every single setback and FAILURE keeps us [at the very least] one step closer to our target goal[s] and dream[s]💧💧💧

Our takeaway: Looking back at my personal FAILURES in the past, I can frankly admit that WHAT led me to those FAILURES was the very fact that, with my leap of faith, I took the risk until I got hit and failed.  Let's admit it, we have risked FAILURE to strive for something big and came up a little short.  And WHEN we fail, it's possible we went big versus settling for mediocrity and that is the very crux and key to SUCCESS itself.  Dreams motivate us to think big and push ourselves beyond the status quo and into something better.  The catch here is if you set a mediocre goal to avoid failure, it will always lead to mediocracy.  As to WHY MOTIVATION STILL FALLS SHORT, our answer should right on our very finger tips, dude❗❗❗