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“Stepping Stones” (turning failures into success)

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“Develop success from failures. Discouragement and failure are two of the surest stepping stones to success.”
 -–Dale Carnegie

Most every day we come into contact with people who seem to have it all; people who live charmed lives with everything they could ever need or want handed to them on a silver platter.

But truth be told, folks who were “born with silver spoons in their mouths” are actually few and far-between.  [Read more…]

Failure is inevitable. Take advantage of it.

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“Sometimes you win, sometimes you learn.”
     –John Maxwell

It’s a simple fact of life that we humans sometimes fail at the things we attempt. After all, no one is perfect.

Some of the wealthiest people on the planet went bankrupt (some of them more than once) before they ultimately achieved their incredible success.

On the flip-side, some of the happiest people I have ever known had to go through some pretty dark times before they found the happiness they so badly longed for.

Here are a couple of examples:   [Read more…]

Failure isn’t final. It’s simply a rung on the ladder of success.

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“I have not failed. I’ve just found 10,000 ways that won’t work.”
             -–Thomas A. Edison

Do you tend to get frustrated and give up when you try something new and end up failing miserably at it?

If so, you’re certainly not alone. Most everyone fails at something on occasion, and I’ve probably failed at more endeavors than most people will ever try.

Like it or not, failure is just a part of life for us human beings.  [Read more…]