To be honest, I fail a lot. Putting it that way sounds pretty bad, but I work at a bank as a teller, where I have to refer or cross sell products to my customers. I couldn't even begin to tell you how many times customer have told me "no" or "not interested", and its been worse then that before.
2) Tell us what you learned from it.
Basically what I have learned from all the times I had an unsuccessful refer to a customer, you are going to fail... a lot... way more then you are going to succeed. If that wasn't the case, I would have twice the sales.
3) Reflect, in general, on what you think about failure. Failure is hard, isn't it? It's embarrassing, sure, but it also means that we have to change something about ourselves. Talk about how you handle failure (emotionally, behaviorally). Finally, talk about how this class has changed your perspective on failure -- are you more likely to take a risk now than you were four months ago?
I believe failure is hard, but you just have to take it in a positive manner and learn from your mistakes. If you take failure too negatively, you're never going to have the drive to fix the areas you're failing in so you can succeed. My current position has taught me a lot about failure and so has this class. I've learned that if you fail, try again, and keep trying until you figure out what you are doing wrong. Once you learn what you are doing wrong, fix it, and try again until you succeed.
- William Garlock
I've learned pretty much the same thing as you from the class regarding taking risks. Many times in order to succeed you have to fail first. It sounds like your job is pretty tough and I'm sure dealing with customers makes it even tougher. Great work! Here's the link to mine: http://tonyclements90.blogspot.com/2016/04/celebrating-failure.html
ReplyDeleteHey William! I totally understand where you come form where you say that you mess up from your job and also taking risks is a huge scare. I hope you learn that failing is a huge part of life and also isnt a thing that occurs, but rather a state of mind. Hope that helps! Isabella http://slverio.blogspot.com/
ReplyDeleteWilliam,
ReplyDeleteYou seem to have a great outlook on how to deal with failure. Taking each time as an opportunity to learn from is the most lucrative way to grow and refine yourself. I try to have a similar mindset in my own failures, though not always easy to do. Good luck and keep up the good work, here is my own blog post http://ashleydunson.blogspot.com/2016/04/celebrating-failure.html