Teaching Our Children The Value Of Failure
Failure is devastating. There is nothing worse than watching our most significant project fail. You may have spent weeks and even months working on a project that fails. Or you have a great idea but get shut down. And I think failure is an experience we need to share with our kids.
In this episode, I would like to share why failure doesn't mean that you failed or you didn't accomplish what you wanted. Failure means you tried something. You tried something and you weren't afraid. I wanted to share this learning with my kids, about how failure is essential to success and how we can overcome our fear of it.
Feeling Gratitude Over Failure
Recently, I hosted a free masterclass for parents. It was all about the art of connecting with kids. And I worked on it for about a month, preparing the keynotes and hiring someone to help me with marketing strategies.
But guess what? At the end of the day, nothing worked because no one showed up on the day of the masterclass. Even though I had about eight or nine sign-ups, no one showed up and it was already 11 AM.
Prior to the event, I was excited and nervous about it. I even shared on my social media account how nervous and excited I was. Also, my entire family was not home because two days right before this event, we had a death in our family. My family had to leave and I was by myself.
As it turned 11.30 AM, the start of the masterclass. I log in one minute ahead of time and I still don't see anyone, but I made sure that I was starting on time. Something inside of me was telling me to keep going. I started sharing my screen and continued on to a planned meditation during the event.
I planned the first 30 seconds to meditate. And that meditation was all about gratitude. I believe that 30 seconds of gratitude is what gave me the strength to show up. It made me feel grounded and it made me feel like there's so much goodness out there.
I went ahead with my whole presentation until one participant came at about 12:26 PM. I shared everything, my heart, my soul, and everything that I prepared for. I was scared of sales, but I shared my offers. I shared the pricing point. I shared what everybody's gonna get out of it as if I were talking to someone. And I kept on reminding myself of a story that my coach always told us, that when he started speaking, he scheduled an event with a university and no one showed up for his event. And he was alone in that room and he still went ahead and did his speech.
I realized that even if nobody shows up, you still need to do it because that way you are learning and practicing. It’s an opportunity for you to improve yourself and become better.
Even though I didn’t get the turnout I expected, I still have immense gratitude for the opportunity that I got to speak. I know the universe gave me skills, gifts, and this talent for a reason. I can do this over again and share the message with others.
What I Learned From The Experience
One mistake I did was not sharing it enough everywhere. I wasn’t able to share it on my social media accounts, my email, or my newsletter. I learned the importance of that and that we learn from our mistakes, because that's an important key to being stronger, and making better decisions.
And of course, changing our habits for the better. Most of us are still afraid of these fears and these failures. For me, this was a great opportunity to learn. And I want to share this with you. Whenever we mistake, it's about us empowering ourselves to be braver, to be stronger, to be wiser.
And most importantly, we need to learn to embrace our failures. This was an amazing and necessary pit stop for me on the path to success, because I know I'm reaching parents. I know I'm helping one parent every day. I know I want to help one mom every day. I want to help one dad every day and I know I'm reaching my goal.
Again, failure feels devastating, but it doesn't mean that we need to be afraid of it. Failure is essential to our success and it's important for us to embrace. Let's be braver, let's be stronger, let's be wiser, and create systems to meet the fulfilling journey of our success.