Failure, something very common to the human species. Without it, who would we be? Nobody, failures makes us who we are. Through failure, you experience growth because it gives you an opportunity to reflect and understand how not to perform or react. In many cases, we face failure and think that it is the end of the world; but its not, it is the start of a new path as you embark on a new journey to discovering a common goal or objective you set for yourself. Without failure, we would not learn to expand on our basic knowledge. Failure gives you a chance to mess up and correct that mess up. Many of the most successful people to this day, would not be where they are without having experienced some type of failure along their path to success.
In my case, I have experienced many failures. Some have broke me, but most have made me who I am. This past semester, I was lucky enough to have expereinced failure in a way that opened my eyes and made me realize that I needed to do better. Towards the beginning of the semester, I was slacking extremely hard in my courses and failed my first exam. However, understanding that I was about to graduate and needed to maintain a GPA above a 3.2, I knew that I had to re-evaluate myself and devote more time to my studies. Having realize this, I held myself accountable in devoting at least 3 hours of studying each day and working ahead in all of my courses. Because of this moment in where I failed and realized that I had to do better, I am now on track to receiving all A's for this semester. From this occasion, I learned that procrastination is our worth enemy, and that when procrastinating too much, you lose focus of the prize at hand.
In this class specifically, my perspective on failure has changed in the sense that I understand that everyone fails and that how we bounce back from that failure is what determines our future. Taking Steve Jobs, for example, he dropped out of college and failed drastically, however, he never gave up and was able to develop Apple and become very wealthy. Seeing stories like these inspire me to continue working hard and to never give up because you never know when your time is next in discovering the next big invention; therefore, I do not shy away from risk and I am more willing to take risk now.
Hi Jhoan,
ReplyDeleteI think it is so important that you reflected on your failure and mentioned that it shaped who you are today. I too have failed exams but I don’t let that stop me from working hard to make up for it, especially since one exam is not the end of the world. This class seems to have definitely helped both of our perspectives on failure.
Hey Jhoan,
ReplyDeleteI think it is a great sign that through failure you were able to realize that improvement is needed. Regarding your example with your classes, it is great that you now hold yourself accountable with devoting time for studying each day. I think failure is part of life, and everyone goes through it. It is how we respond and improve that defines us. Great post, I enjoyed reading about your experience and personal insight.
Hey Jhoan,
ReplyDeleteFailures 100% give us character and mold us into who we are today. Especially in college it is really easy to slack off become overwhelmed and perform worse than we would want. Failing an exam sucks because for majority of classes they are the only things counting towards our grade. Its amazing how you picked yourself up and are now on track to straight A's.
Hey Jhoan,
ReplyDeleteWhat a shame it is when people face failure and stop right there. There are perfect examples of individuals who failed and let that failure drive them in their life. Thank God Micheal Jordan didn’t give up on basketball after he didn’t make his high school team. Funny thing about Steve Jobs, Stone you mentioned his failures, is that when he was let go by Apple, he started Pixar; the company that made him a billionaire.