007 - Why You Should Embrace Failure and Disappointment
Tiny Leaps, Big Changes
Gregg Clunis
4.3 • 920 Ratings
🗓️ 14 January 2016
⏱️ 10 minutes
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Summary
In this episode we talk about failure and why we all try so hard to avoid it even though it’s the one thing that leads to success. It’s time to pull yourself out of that slump because you are now listening to Tiny Leaps, Big Changes.
You Will Hear:
- Why people avoid failure and disappointment.
- Why failure is a necessity in order to succeed
- How to deal with failure and make it a positive experience
Recommended Book:
Today’s recommendation is “The Obstacle is the Way” by Ryan Holiday. This is a phenomenal book on stoic philosophy and how to turn your deepest fears, failures, and challenging experiences into the engine that pushes you forward.
You can pick up this book for about $15 on Amazon but why spend that $15 dollars when you can get the audio version of The Obstacle is the Way for free by going to tinyleapsbook.com and signing up for a free trial of Audible. You can cancel any time and keep the book so what have you got to lose? Check out tinyleapsbook.com and pick up your copy of the Obstacle is the Way for free.
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Why Failure is Good for the Brain
Intense Emotions and Strong Feelings
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| 0:00.0 | In this episode we talk about failure and why we all try so hard to avoid it even though it's the one thing that leads to success. |
| 0:08.8 | It's time to pull yourself out of that slump because you are now listening to tiny leaps big changes. Welcome to another episode of Tiny Leaps Big Changes, where I share simple research-back strategies you can use to get more out of your life. |
| 0:35.9 | My name is Greg Klunis and one of the biggest failures I've ever experienced in my life was about |
| 0:41.8 | a year ago when I first took the leap and quit my job. |
| 0:45.2 | At the time I was excited thinking about what it meant and all the possibilities |
| 0:49.7 | that would come from it but in just a few short months I had burned through all the money I saved and I wasn't |
| 0:56.2 | able to bring in any kind of an income. Now I can't even explain to you how painful it was to go and get another job after making such a big statement. |
| 1:06.6 | And honestly, for months afterwards, I felt like a complete failure. |
| 1:10.8 | I even gave up on my lifelong dream of working for myself and building my own business. |
| 1:17.0 | Now I'm telling you this because I know what failure feels like. It's horrible. |
| 1:22.0 | So it doesn't surprise me that so many of us |
| 1:25.4 | humans do everything in our power to avoid failure at all costs, even going so far as to do things we hate just because we know it will protect us |
| 1:36.6 | from experiencing that pain. |
| 1:39.0 | I get it. |
| 1:40.0 | But here's the thing. |
| 1:41.2 | I'm sure you already know this, but in order to move forward in any activity, and yes, this includes live in, you need to be able to learn. |
| 1:50.0 | And in order to learn, you need to experience what doesn't work. |
| 1:54.0 | This process at its core demands failure. |
| 1:58.0 | It demands disappointment and it demands pain. |
| 2:01.0 | Now, I have one goal for this episode. I want to change the way you think |
| 2:06.4 | about failure and disappointment because oftentimes the disappointment is much less intense |
| 2:12.4 | than our fear of the disappointment is much less intense than our fear of the disappointment. |
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