How To Stay
Motivated After Work At Home Failures
(c) Copyright 2005, Khemal
Dole. All Rights Reserved
Let's face it, we've all been through failure. Be it online or offline, we've
experienced it in some form or the other. Failure is specially hard when it's
your work at home business. You've put in so much into your work at home
business and sometimes nothing seems to be working. And there comes a time when
you fell you have to face the facts and call it a failure. Did you actually
fail? And if you did, how do you stay motivated? Is this the end of the world
for you? Here are a few things to think about that might help you pick yourself
up and move on towards success.
Failure is a necessary step towards success. Changing your perception about
"Failure" can help you overcome it. Take for instance your first
swimming lesson. Did you swim the length of the pool the very first time you
jumped in? Of course not. You failed the first time. You might even have failed
the second time. But did that stop you? Of course not. You kept trying and kept
failing. And today you can swim like a champ. So looking back do you think you
really failed that first time? Or did you merely "try". Did you fail
the second time? Or did you merely "try"? Failing is trying. Failing
is practicing. Failing is learning. And thus failing is making progress towards
success.
Realize and tell yourself that you have not failed as a person. Just because
your work at home business failed does not mean that you are a failure yourself.
The "failure" is simply a temporary set back that failed to reach your
goal at this time. It merely tells you that you might have to chose differently
the next time or chose more wisely. It simply means you were "Man" (
or “woman “ ) enough to make a decision and stick with it and saw it through
to the end, regardless of what the outcome was. Do not berate yourself. Pat
yourself on the back for not giving up.
Set yourself goals and work towards them constantly. Your "failure"
might have been due to the fact that you did not set goals. Or perhaps the ones
that you did set were too hard to achieve. Set yourself goals that are easily
achievable and work towards them constantly. Do no wander off the path. Stay
focused and make sure that you achieve your goals at regular intervals. When you
begin to achieve your goals one by one, you will find that you are that much
closer to success.
Set a time table for all of your work at home business chores and goals. JFK
didn't say "Lets go to the moon SOME day" He said "Lets be the
first to put a man on the moon" and he set a time. Set a timeframe for
every goal and make sure you abide by it. If you do this, there'll be no time
for failure.
Think of failure as God's way of telling you that you've still got lots to
learn. Think of all the others who've suffered failure like you and who have
bounced back on to their feet. Perhaps it wasn't your time to succeed yet
because you weren't really ready for it. And perhaps the "big guy"
upstairs sent you a "wake up call" just to let you know it's time to
rethink your goals. Don't think of the message much, but think of the sender. HE
is watching, and the fact that you were in his sights was a success by itself.
Did you know that the Chinese characters for "Crisis" and
"Opportunity" are the same? If you can find the
"Opportunity" in your "Crisis" then did you in fact suffer a
"Crisis" in the first place? Treat failure as a temporary setback and
an opportunity to get back onto track, on the way to success. It's a little wake
up call to make sure that you're on the right track. Rid yourself with all
negative thoughts and you will find that you are once again on the path to
success.
So what is failure really? It's a mindset. Train yourself to be rid of the
negative "failure" mindset and embrace the "setback" as a
gift. Pull yourself together and focus on achieving your goals in a timely
manner and don't let temporary "hiccups" bring you down. Think of
"Failures" as a stones you step on the path to success. Each
"stone" will bring you that much closer to being a rock solid success.
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