Failure: why it’s a good thing … in the Business of Web Design.
I don’t want to go on too long on how you should not be so concerned about failure … for fear of sounding like one of those self-help ‘gurus’. Ack!
But it needs to be quickly address anyhow …
Why are people so fearful of failure?
… Wait a second, that’s a really stupid question!
People hate to fail because we’ve been conditioned to think it’s terrible:
- You can’t fail a test – your parents will punish you.
- You can never fail a class at school – your whole academic career will be damaged.
- You can’t ever get rejected – because you’ll never meet someone new!
The problem with this FALSE belief is that it does not reflect reality and the patterns of the most accomplished people.
… To get anywhere, you have to try and fail. And then try again … and fail. And then try again.
WHY FAILURE IS A GOOD THING
When you fail at something, you can be sure that you are moving towards developing a new skill. If you’ve never failed, it is probably because you never challenged yourself – that’s a bad thing.
CONCLUSION
As you travel on the road to developing your web design business, you will undoubtedly face a few failures along the way.
… Don’t get too down on yourself when you do hit the expected road-blocks! Just recognize where you messed up and try not to do it again, and move on.
Stefan Mischook
www.killersites.com
www.studioweb.com
July 31st, 2007 at 2:28 pm
Stefan, I have to tell you that I don’t like the failure. [Who does?...] Definitely, I understand your point, but… somehow… I just don’t want to get there…
August 7th, 2007 at 1:17 pm
Respiro, you are right but everyone has to fail at least one time.
August 7th, 2007 at 1:20 pm
I know how you guys feel. But I’ve found that my greatest learning lessons have come from my greatest failures.
So I see them (failures) as required in business and life.
Stefan
September 5th, 2007 at 7:25 am
Hi Stefan,
I’ve just watched your PHP video tutorials as I wanted to find out more about setting up a dynamic website. I found it very useful as you had broken down the concepts of programming languages into smaller and easily understood bit sizes for the novice. I am only a researcher of medicinal plants and not a programmer or web developer but wanted more information as to how to go about setting up a dynamic website.
Thank you for the excellent free tutorials, it is very much appreciated.
Cheers,
Vilma
September 5th, 2007 at 8:14 am
Hi Vilma,
Just go to http://www.killerphp.com … that is a good place to start.
Stefan