Failure Is The Mother Of Success

"Failure Is The Mother Of Success"

We have all heard this many times but how many of us feel really demoralised after a failure? How many of us actually believe this statement immediately after we failed? At least not me. It's not that I am pessimistic, it's just that immediately after a failure, I can't possibly expect myself to succeed on my next try without doing anything right? If I can succeed, I won't fail now right?

We face failures every now and then. It's not how heavy we fall, it's how we climb up and move on. It's not how many times we fail, it's how we take it and proceed from there.

If you have been reading my blog, you would have realised that I fail quite frequently. Some of my major failures in studies include doing badly across all my subjects in secondary 2. I was warned of being retained in secondary 2 for failing 3 subjects, including English, in my common tests and obtaining borderline passes for the rest. Even in university, I also failed many times, especially in programming. For the two programming courses (C and C++) I took, I did not manage to finish the practical examinations and many of the sit-in programming assignments, not because I did not have enough time, but because I just could not understand the whole thing.

Every time I fail, I feel dejected. Every time I fail, I feel like quitting school. In secondary 2, I had the thought of leaving school because I kept doing badly and I did not have the mood to continue studying. Luckily for me, my late grandmother and parents encouraged me. Instead of scolding me for doing badly, they told me to "take it slowly, retain if needed, don't rush". I managed to scrap through and in secondary 3, I consulted my cousins. My results picked up and I gained some confidence. I worked harder and my results went up north further. This cycle continued and studies have never been a problem since (except for English of course).

As much as you may fail now, do not give up. It is easy to give up, never easy to persevere. But I promise you, when you succeed after failing, the level of satisfaction is second to none. Continue to work hard towards your goal and build on your little successes, your little successes will add up to a great achievement that you deservedly own!

Take some time to read this article on Mr Joshua Soh. He took 6 years to pass his O Levels. He did not give up when he failed and he became the managing director of CISCO.
http://www.todayonline.com/failures-just-success-delayed