Wearing "Failure" As A Badge Of Honor

Kaustubh Katdare · 2012-08-23T17:51:45+00:00

Entrepreneurship and failure go hand in hand. The major part of entrepreneurs life and any startup is about dealing with failures. The world is uncertain and the decisions don't always go right. While failures make few people 'give up'; others take it as a new challenge. This post is about looking at failure in a different way. In fact, I'm thinking how about treating failure as a badge of honor? That thinking can change the way we look at the things. There are several wannapreneurs who want to start but are afraid that they will fail. They're so intimidated by the fear of failure that they refuse to get out of their chairs and take the first step. From my personal experience - it's quite possible to handle failures - by completely ignoring them. Failures in the end, is just a state of the mind. But we are mostly concerned about 'emerging as a winner' in the eyes of society. That makes us give up trying a lot of things. Do you think the society matters a *lot* that it influences our decisions? Can we condition our own brains to ignore society and take pride in "I tried! It's OK that I failed. I'll try again!"?

Wearing "Failure" As A Badge Of Honor

Kaustubh Katdare
@thebigk

Updated: Oct 24, 2024

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Entrepreneurship and failure go hand in hand. The major part of entrepreneurs life and any startup is about dealing with failures. The world is uncertain and the decisions don't always go right. While failures make few people 'give up'; others take it as a new challenge. This post is about looking at failure in a different way. In fact, I'm thinking how about treating failure as a badge of honor? That thinking can change the way we look at the things. There are several wannapreneurs who want to start but are afraid that they will fail. They're so intimidated by the fear of failure that they refuse to get out of their chairs and take the first step.

From my personal experience - it's quite possible to handle failures - by completely ignoring them. Failures in the end, is just a state of the mind. But we are mostly concerned about 'emerging as a winner' in the eyes of society. That makes us give up trying a lot of things.

Do you think the society matters a *lot* that it influences our decisions? Can we condition our own brains to ignore society and take pride in "I tried! It's OK that I failed. I'll try again!"?

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anuraadha

Member • Aug 24, 2012

Totally Biggie! Our society influences our decisions. In my case, when I really wanted to take up Civil Engineering, everyone were shocked than being surprised My relatives tried changing my mind. I had to give a reassurance to my parents that I am confident enough to take it up. Still I was made to take IT, though I changed it later 😀 And now people in my family are proud that I am a Civil Engineer. So I feel we need to take up chances and make a change and do what we want.

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Ankita Katdare

Administrator • Sep 9, 2012

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Do you think the society matters a *lot* that it influences our decisions? Can we condition our own brains to ignore society and take pride in "I tried! It's OK that I failed. I'll try again!"?
Society does influence the decision of the masses. It takes a real strong heart to swim against the current and be ready to face the consequences. I feel some people have this ability by birth in them and some acquire it due to the experiences that they have to face. It would be easier said than done to 'condition one's brains' to 'ignore society'. 👀

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