The road to success is paved with failure.

The great inventor Thomas Edison tried over 1,000 times to create the electric light bulb before he was successful.  Sylvester Stallone took his script for the first Rocky movie to every studio in Hollywood and was turned down before one studio finally agreed to film the movie (It went on to win the Oscar for Best Picture).  If the road to hell is paved with good intentions, the road to success is paved with failure. 

Most people avoid failure at all cost.  Winners embrace failure as a necessary path to ultimate success.  It is time we looked at failure in a new light!  Here are all the wonderful things about failure:

• Failure makes us stronger.  Each time we don't succeed we become more resilient.
• Failure is an awesome learning experience.  When Edison was asked if he was discouraged about failing so many times he replied, " I didn't fail I was one step closer each time to success."
• Failure gains the admiration of others. Everyone loves the underdog and admires persistence.
• Failure keeps us grounded and forces us to think more creatively about solutions and obstacles.

President Calvin Coolidge said "Nothing in the world can take the place of Persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent. The slogan 'Press On' has solved and always will solve the problems of the human race."
 
Do you feel like a failure?  Congratulations, you are on the road to success!

Borrowed from Eric Routh, Resource Financial Services, Weekly Inspiration.