Learning from failure

My project has not been as successful as I had hoped. I aimed to form a group to promote social inclusion amongst postgraduate and undergraduate mature age students at UQ. My planning was inadequate. Overall, the project was to a certain degree a failure. Failure however is not the end. I’m going to learn from it! Here are some quotes on failure and my reaction to them with regards to my project:

There are no failures-just experiences and your reaction to them. Tom Krause

Rather than beating myself up over my failures, I should learn from them and move forward.

There are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work and learning from failure. Colin Powell

Whether or not I succeed with this project, I will learn from it, move forward and succeed in other ways

Success builds character, failure reveals it. Dave Checkett

My project has not taken off, but I need to learn, be strong, and move forward. It would be easy to curl up and cower in the face of defeat. Instead, I should stand strong, face defeat and be strengthened by it.

I didn’t fail the test, I just found 100 ways to do it wrong. Benjamin Franklin

One of the things I did wrong was not properly plan. I should have given more thought into the timing of the project. I should have advertised it earlier in the semester when most students, including myself, had more time to commit to social activities. I will however advertise this week before the break. Hopefully, people will have time to socialise during the break. If I don’t gain much interest now, I can try again at the beginning of next semester. The important thing is that I try.

Failure is a detour, not a dead-end street. Zig Ziglar

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We seem to gain wisdom more readily through our failures than through our successes. We always think of failure as the antithesis of success, but it isn't. Success often lies just the other side of failure. Leo F. Buscaglia

This gives me hope. Even if this journey didn’t take the path I had envisioned, success may still be found.