Both failure and success are good … if you know what their specific purpose is.

Of course we know that success is good, but why? Success is good because it confirms things for us.

Success confirmed our plans.

Success confirmed our decisions.

Success confirms our resources.

Success confirmed our strategies.

Success confirms our hunches.

Success confirms our teamwork.

Success confirms our risks.

Success confirms many things!

So when you are successful, ask yourself the following question:

What confirms this success in my mind?

Now what about failure? What is the role of failure and how in the world can it be GOOD?

The role of failure is to teach us. We learn from failure.

Failure teaches us that we must change our plans.

Failure teaches us that we must change our decisions.

Failure teaches us that we need to change our resources.

Failure teaches us that we need to change our strategies.

Failure teaches us that we must change our hunches.

Failure teaches us that we need to change our teamwork.

Failure teaches us that we must change our risks.

Failure teaches us that we have to change many things!

But at least now we know one more thing that won’t work! With each failure, we learn one more way to give up and focus on what may be the right way in the future. When we look at it that way, we set ourselves up for a powerfully successful future! So when you fail, ask yourself this question: What does this failure teach me?

Remember, success and failure are good. They can both be your friends … if you know what role they are going to play in your life. Learn from failure and confirm with success.