power of failure

1. The POWER of FAILURE: 27 Ways to Turn Life’s Setbacks into SUCCESS : By Lelin Patel Chinmay Das

2. Failure is one of the most dreaded words in the English Language. Success, on the other hand, is nearly a magical idea for most people.

3. Redefining Failure and Success “ Only he who does nothing makes no mistakes.” ---French Proverb

4. Successful Failures: “ You will never amount to much,” schoolmaster.

5. Successful Failures: “ You will never amount to much,” schoolmaster. Guess…….?

6. Successful Failures: “ You will never amount to much,” schoolmaster. Guess…….? Albert Einstein E = mc 2

7. Too stupid to learn anything , teacher.

8. Too stupid to learn anything , teacher. Thomas Edison

9. Too stupid to learn anything , teacher. Thomas Edison

11. A New View of Failure: “ Many people dream of success. To me success can only be achieved through repeated failure and introspection. Success is the 1% that results from the 99% we call failure.”

13. The Olympic Creed: The most important thing in the Olympic Games is not to win but to take part, just as the most important thing in life is not the successful ending but the struggle. The essential thing is not to have conquered but to have fought well. --Baron Pierre de Coubertin, Founder of modern Olympic Games

14. Failure is the foundation of success, and the means by which it is achieved. ---Lao Tzu A failure should NOT be viewed as the end of the story but instead as a stepping-stone to a larger success.

15. FAILURE New Definition A short-term unexpected result that reflects a challenge in progress and that provides: A stepping stone to success. An opportunity for learning and development. An opportunity for creative change and innovation.

16. Learn From Failure “ Once you embrace unpleasant news not as negative but as evidence of a need for change, you aren’t defeated by it. You’re learning from it.” ---Bill Gates

17. Microsoft’s Product Failures Provided Key Learning for Many of its Biggest Successes Years working on a failed database called “Omega” resulted in the development of “Microsoft Access”. Millions of dollars and countless hours spent on a failed joint operating system project with IBM led to the “Windows NT” operating system. A failed multiplan spreadsheet that made little headway against “Lotus 1-2-3” provided key learning for “Microsoft Exel”

18. SUCCESS Old Definition A revered shrine of achievement. An all-positive final result indicating: Superior ability that requires no further learning or change. Performance that is devoid of flaws, weakness, or failure. A good, good thing that should be sought, celebrated, and honored above all else.

19. SUCCESS New Definition A way of living founded on benefiting from all life has to offer that is: A long-term sequence of life- improving results. An outcome of short-term setbacks and failures. A process of continual development, learning, and fulfillment in life.

20. “ I have missed more than 9,000 shots, lost almost 300 games, on 26 occasions been entrusted to take the game-winning shot … and missed. I have failed over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed.” --Michael Jordan

23. The Power of Failure Motto We can truly live successful lives when we dare to harness The Power of Failure. Thank you