Let's talk about failure because most of us were taught to fear it or make it mean something that it doesn't.

And we feel ashamed by it. We dismiss it. We get discouraged. We start playing small and drifting rather than doing big things in our life.

Somewhere along the way, failure became evidence that something was wrong with us instead of evidence

that we were willing to try.

And that belief is expensive because it costs people confidence.

It costs momentum.

It costs you breakthrough experience and the life of your dreams.

It keeps people who are incredibly capable playing small. And today I want to

redefine failure with you, not to make it better, not to tell you you're not going to experience

it, but to make it more accurate. Because when you understand what failure actually means,

you stop making it personal and you start building real

confidence. You're listening to the Confidence podcast, your go-to space for high-performance coaching

designed for ambitious high achievers who want more out of life. You deserve confidence that

rises to meet your dreams. This is the podcast that will help you activate it fully.

I'm your host, Trish Blackwell.

Let's dive in.

Hey, guys, I'm Trish Blackwell.

Welcome to the Confidence Podcast.

You are listening to episode 689.

We're talking today about redefining failure.

This is a conversation that I wish I had had when I was

an adolescent and a young athlete. And now even in my, in my 20s and 30s, I was still a lesson that I was

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