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Stop for a moment! Now imagine what you can achieve if you knew you could not fail. Wishful thinking? Not really. Inherent in any endeavor is the danger of failure and it is often this fear alone that inhibits people from achieving success. The truth of the matter is you cannot fail.
How is that possible, you ask? Simply because there is no such thing as failure. The term failure is merely our personal interpretation of an event. Interpretations that are based on beliefs we have developed and accepted through past experiences. As they are our interpretations, they exist only in our minds.
In our journey towards success, learning the technique of reframing is a valuable skill to have. Mastering it will enable us not only to take action, but also to use it as a stepping-stone towards future success.
The Three-Step Process
The preliminary step in this process is for you to adopt the belief there is no such thing as failure. To do this, you start by viewing results as outcomes that are neutral and that only have the meanings you give it. In other words, results are only as good, or as bad, as you decide it to be. Let’s take the example of you pitching for a major contract and not getting it. Most people will frame this event negatively and begin to doubt their ability to…
