Lessons Learned From Failure

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Failure means lack of success. It is an inevitable part of life. At one point or another everyone will fail at something. I make sure failure is not an option for me. I have failed before, but I will not let it happen again. This being said we all have potential to learn from failure to get better at whatever we are trying to carry out. The lessons learned from failure are a fundamental part of success. You can't get better at anything unless you are challenged, and sometimes the challenge is too much and you fail. There are special people who can use failure to their advantage and get better. In my life there have been many times where I have failed and used that to my advantage to get better. One of the biggest times was playing …show more content…

We lost seven games and won two this was really disappointing to me. I thought about quitting, and I wanted to give up. The season ended and the season took a physically and emotional toll on me, but I decided to man up and work hard during the off-season with my teammates to make sure we had a fighting chance next season. I went to the gym every day with my teammate and best friend Anthony. We worked on everything from blocking to passing and catching. We both had failed our coaches, teammates, and ourselves. We were determined to get better, and not let failure get the best of us. One thing in particular I had a hard time with was playing defensive end. I did fail every time I played the position. I started to focus on what I did wrong, fixing my mistakes; watching film of my self and seeing what I could fix by myself. I also needed to be more aggressive, so I started getting help form one of my coaches. I put so much time and energy into the off-season because the feeling I got after failing so much made me want to work harder. The lesson I learned from my failure is you can't be good at something if you half heatedly practice something. It takes time and dedication to be the best, and to be elite. Hard work separates you from the

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