We have all heard someone say that failure is part of the process, but no one starts a project thinking it will fail. In fact, we often don't even want to imagine failure because of the effort and resources we plan to invest. Sometimes, we simply can't afford for it to fail. However, we must learn to accept that we don't have a crystal ball and can't always predict how things will turn out. We can't live in fear of trying new things because without taking risks, there would be no personal or professional growth, nor any new inventions in the world. This dilemma forces us to accept that failure is an inevitable part of the growth and development process.
Knowing this, it is in our best interest to mentally prepare for failure to ensure it won’t set us back when it occurs. Acknowledging failure as a potential outcome allows us to adopt a mindset of preparedness, enabling us to proactively mitigate its impact and extract valuable lessons from it. This proactive approach transforms failure from something to be feared into a powerful learning tool, empowering us to become more innovative, resilient, adaptive and resourceful.