I find it so funny the videos, blogs, books, and conversations I encounter daily. They seem to be the work of God in my life to direct my thoughts.
i watched a great video today. Challenging and inspiring. I reflected on and off the rest of the day on the idea that “failure is not an option; it is mandatory” if I am to grow and develop. The man speaking in the video encouraged the viewers to “try, fail, learn and adapt”. I found myself asking the question, “when is the last time that I failed in my life?” I tend to avoid failure; i am pretty partial to success. I would much rather be following in the way of Stevie Wonder than MC Hammer (at least in terms of professional success and failure).
Tonight’s Ash Wednesday Service is a big risk for me. I have still had my times of doubts and questions of “how well is this really going to go?” But I am so glad I didn’t let the fear of failure stop me from working with other pastors of other churches to make a dream reality.
Our culture is pretty quick to jump on those who fail. But news people are often premature in their judgment. One of our speakers last summer in the Last Lecture Series I led for North Phoenix’s College Ministry shared this lesson from her time studying at MIT, working at Disney and now owning a small business. “Success isn’t final and failure isn’t fatal”.
What do you need to do that scares you because you are worried you will fail? What if failure is the path you need to take to learn and adapt, so you can do the thing you cannot even imagine yet? What if failure was part of the path of change in our life and leadership?
-Scott
(Tonight I get to live one of my dreams. Hope to see you there)
