“Mistakes should be examined, learned from, and discarded; not dwelled upon and stored.” - Tim Fargo

What if I was to tell you haven’t failed – not at anything. You may not have gone about things in the best way possible or there may be a another way for doing something but this does not mean you have failed. Failure is such a strong word and to label yourself in this way creates a dead end to the path you’re on, it gives you nothing but a sense of giving up. Yet there is always another way, there is always hope. The world is filled with infinites possibilities and no matter how badly things may have gone wrong for you in the past, this does not mean you can’t do things differently from now on.

First of all, reflect back over the things that you wish had turned out differently. What was there that was in your control that you could have done differently? Try and see things from another person’s perspective, so that you’re observing what happened from the outside. Once you have found another way of handling the situation or performing the activity, take what you can learn from it and let that experience go. With what you have learned, create a positive affirmation that you can use going forward to remind yourself how you can be and of what you can achieve. State your affirmation in the present tense, make it who you are now.

Every day you get to learn and let go without the need to put yourself down. You would never make any mistakes if you didn’t at least try to do something and the fact that you put any effort in at all is something you should praise yourself for.


So give yourself a break, recognise that there's always more than one way of doing or achieving something and see new ways as opportunities to progress. This self reflection will teach you something about yourself and a renewed outlook will allow you to become even more of your truly wonderful, amazing self!