The Amazing Gift of Failure

Failure is a gift.

Now I know what you’re thinking…

“But Anthony, you said there’s no such thing as failure.”

And really, there isn’t.

But for the sake of this article I’m going to refer to setbacks, the lessons that Life has to give you, as failure.

All it means is that you just didn’t hit your mark this time around.

“And this is a gift?” you say…

Absolutely! Let’s take a closer look.

Anything and everything that happens on your journey happens for a reason.

Whether it’s to catapult you to your achievement, keep you on track toward your achievement or to get you back on track to your achievement.

And that’s what failing is all about.

I failed probably more than anyone I know.

But that’s what’s made me who I am today.

It’s also what’s given me the “gifts” that I needed to help change the lives of so many people I have come in contact with in my Life.

My perfect gift.

It took me around 15 years to finally get my body back into the kind of shape that I had been striving for after my devastating back injury in 1994. This was the injury where, after my second surgery, doctors told me I would never be able to train again.

15 long years!

15 years of blood, sweat, tears and a whole lot of failure.

Believe me when I tell you, I failed many, many, many times.

And there were many, many, many times that I wanted to quit.

And many times I even tried to quit.

But that’s not who I am.

All I know how to do I keep going.

So keep on going I did.

And I learned from my experience.

And although I didn’t see it this way at the time, it was a gift.

By constantly experiencing failure after failure I learned what not to do so then I could finally learn what to do.

And through all of this I was able to devise a training program that would eventually alleviate my back problems and allow me to get into the best shape of my life.

But there’s something even better to this experience though.

As another result of the experience, I was able to help others dealing with physical, mental and emotional limitations and not only get into the best shape of their lives, but also accomplish things that they never thought possible.

And this happed all through the result of my failures.

I became one of the top trainers around because I had something that nobody else had. I had the gift of failure. I was able to achieve success because of my experience of overcoming a serious adversity and learning from all of my failures.

By constantly learning what not to do I learned what to do and how to do it for maximum results.

This is something you can’t ever learn from a book. I know this for a fact.

This is why I consider any adversity or failure as a gift.

There is a seed in every struggle that has the potential to grow into a powerful Oak tree. As long as you persevere through your struggle and failures, you will experience an outcome well beyond anything you can imagine.

And that outcome will not only help you, but also help others to help themselves.

Remember, that which we give, we get. So find a way to serve others and you will experience wealth beyond your wildest imagination.

So the next time you fail at something, think of it as a gift.

And never, EVER give up.

Keep pushing ahead and persevere through your adversities no matter what the case or the cause.

Learn from your failures and then use your “Gifts” to help others.

Be Unstoppable!
Yours in Success,

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