Entrepreneurial Common Occurrences 8: I failed again. But I'm still alive.

When you are an entrepreneur,

You don't want to fail.
You don't want to be embarrassed.
You don't want to feel down.
You don't want to lose confidence.

There are times when you feel that way.

I understand.
I understand completely.
It's only natural, after all, we are human.

What if I post something and get no reaction?
What if I make an offer and get rejected?
What if I stumble over my words at a seminar?
What if I can't speak well during a private consultation?

Once you start thinking about it,
you can get scared indefinitely.

But,
Nurse Take-P, who has been a nurse for 30 years inside me,
says this.

"So, will it cost you your life?"

...

No, it won't.

Even if a post flops, I'm still alive!

Even if an offer is rejected, I'm still alive!!

Even if I stumble at a seminar, I'm still alive!!!

Even if there is no response to the LP, I'm still alive!!!!

Even if I open UTAGE and quietly close it... I am still alive.

Heeeeeeey.

Of course,
in the nursing field, mistakes can sometimes involve life and death.

That's why we double-check.
We ask our seniors.
We follow procedures.
We reflect.
We try not to repeat the same mistakes.

But,
it is almost impossible for a new nurse to grow up without ever making a mistake.

Drawing blood.
IVs.
Interacting with patients.
Charting.
Handover reports.
There is no one who can do it perfectly from the start.

Do it while trembling.
Do it while checking.
Get scolded and feel down.
But put on your lab coat again the next day.
That is how you grow little by little.

Other jobs are the same, aren't they?

I think entrepreneurship is the same.

Post... no reaction... feel down.
Post again.

Make an offer... get rejected... feel down.
Fix how you communicate it again.

Hold a seminar... it didn't get across as well as I thought... feel down.
Fix the structure again.

It's not that people who don't fail are strong.

People who can come back even after failing are strong.

People who succeed smoothly are certainly amazing.
That is truly amazing!

But I think
people who have failed, felt down, and worried,
but still stood back up,
are also incredibly amazing.

Because those people
have acquired not just the results,
but also the 'way to overcome' things.

People who have failed
understand the feelings of those who stumble in the same place.
They understand the feelings of those who are too scared to move.

They can say to someone who is feeling down,
'It's okay, you can come back from there.'

That is a very great power.

However.

It's okay to fail.

But it is dangerous not to learn.

Falling in the same place over and over,

reviewing nothing.
changing nothing.
blaming everything on others.

That is a bit different.

Failure is not bad.
But it is a waste to leave failure unaddressed.

What matters is, after you fail,

"So, what did I learn?"

is to ask yourself that.

So, today's conclusion.

Failure is not the end.

It's +1 experience point.

I failed again.
But I'm still alive.

If so, there is a next time.
I can fix it next time.
I can do it a little better next time.

...As I write this,

I think I am failing at something again today too.

Probably just without realizing it.

But it's okay.

My experience points went up by 1. Just without me realizing it lol

※This article is brought to you by someone who has made countless failures.

Now then, what is your recent "+1 experience point"?