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Failure Porn Is Destroying The Greatest Personal Growth Tool
How the “4E Formula” empowers you to own failure
There’s a lot of failure porn out there — folks who wear it like a badge of honor. They fall into one of two camps.
- People who have since gone on to succeed in their chosen endeavors
- People who have given up on trying and now point to failure as their victory as if it were the end game they aspired to win
Failure sucks. Let’s not kid each other. If you read self-help articles and books about failure, you’ll find a lot of pandering.
“Just because they rejected you doesn’t mean it’s not good.”
This excuse is like the ”not you it’s me,” breakup line. It’s true, you can create spectacular work, and your audience or customers dismiss it. Personal taste influences our evaluation of almost any art. But you know what else is true? Sometimes our work really does suck.
When you create, you take a chance, every time. That’s not a bad thing. Sometimes we have to put out a lot of crap before we find the right combination of magic that makes our work shine.
It’s time to stop making excuses for failure. Don’t use it as fodder for a pity parade. Let’s recognize failure for what it is.
