CINDY GALLOP : FAILURE IS AN OPTION

CINDY GALLOP : FAILURE IS AN OPTION

She prone to saying that every situation in business and in life can be summed up by a quote from Macbeth, and in this case she with Lady Macbeth: “We fail? But screw your courage to the sticking post, and we'll not fail.” So she has looked failure in the eye, and just kept right on going. She also learned from each failure. “Though you need to make room for failure, you shouldn’t just fail. You need to fail intelligently.” She means each failure has taught her something. Don’t just fail and get nothing out of it. Learn something from each failure that makes better and better over time.

Because of her thinking that failure is an option, she become  an English advertising consultant, she also a founder and former chair of the US branch of advertising firm Bartle Bogle Hegarty, and founder of the “If We Ran The World” and “Make Love Not Porn” companies. According to the TED blog, Gallop's TED Talk "Make Love Not Porn" was one of the "most talked about presentations" at the 2009 TED conference. 

FAILURE IS AN OPTION

Nobody wants to fail, but failing is inevitable on your way to success. So if you never fail then it probably means that you do nothing. Failure shows that you actually do something instead of just sitting in your comfort zone.

ADVANTAGES OF FAILURE

Learning from Failing

When looked at correctly, failure can teach us where we went wrong in the first place, and how we can learn to pick ourselves up again in a pursuit to succeed. There are valuable lessons in failing. Too often people keep trying the same solution and keep getting the same result. Failure can teach us that it is not that we are bad at something, just that we have to try a different method to find success.

Failure reveals our ability.

You'll never know how much weight you can lift until you reach an amount you can't. Trainers often refer to this as "lifting to failure." Pushing yourself as far as you can lets you know what's possible. By avoiding limits, you'll never reach your peak. The fear of failure stops us a lot shorter than failure itself. So keep going until nothing more is possible. Then celebrate what you've accomplished.

Failure makes us stronger.

Those same weight lifters who lift to failure also have learned that is the way they build muscle. At first the tissue is damaged, but it'll heal bigger and stronger than before. Soon the athlete will be able to lift more weight. The same is true for our pursuits. Failure strengthens our character. We humans bounce higher than we fall. Know that with each effort, you grow a little stronger.

Failure inspires us.

When we don't let discouragement hold us back, failure makes our desire burn hotter. Often this inspiration is a wish to avoid another failure. Many people don't know that Michael Jordan was cut from his high school basketball team. "It was good because it made me know what disappointment felt like," he told the Chicago Tribune. "And I knew that I didn't want to have that feeling ever again." This led to a work ethic that would elevate him to legendary status. If failure makes you work harder or focus more, it's an experience with tremendous value.