Failure is stepping stone to success. Do you agree or not? Why?

For sure. Failure can teach us what we have done wrong and thus, we can better ourselves. Failure at times can teach us humility, compassion, understanding and so on.My grandmother used to tell me that: "The wise man learns from other people's mistakes; the smart man learns from his own mistakes and the stupid man never learns at all.

We agree. Thomas Edison was reminded by someone of the over 2000 times he'd failed to develop a working light bulb. He replied that he hadn't failed 2000 times.

He'd mearly found 2000 ways that a light bulb wouldn't work. Every failure is a lesson in how not to do what you are trying to accomplish. Determination and persistance will be the deciding factor in your success.As someone once said; "It's not how many time you fall down that matters.

It's how many times you get back up. " The only people who never fail are those that never try. Good luck in reaching your goal.

I've found after many changes in my life, some voluntary and some not, that success and failure are hardly ever clear-cut absolutes. What at first appears to be a failure may actually become an opportunity to achieve something entirely different and often more satisfying. I had a business failure a few years ago that devastated me, but it also freed me to move to London and have a wonderful mid-life crisis.

I had very little money, but I made some life-long friends and experienced things I would never have imagined. If my business had remained successful and I had traveled there as a tourist, stayed in hotels, etc. , none of the wonderful things that happened to me would have happened. I ended up staying for almost two years, and I consider that a success.

And the funny thing is that so many people want me to move back, they've found all sorts of opportunities for me, so I will probably go back there within the next year, and be "successful" in the more traditional meaning of that concept. My failure opened the door to a future I had never conceived of, and opportunities for growth and happiness that I could never have planned.

Indeed it is......how else would you be able to know you have succeeded if at some point you haven't experienced what it is to fail. It is a celebration like non other to look back from whence you have come and stand firm in the present knowing that you have succeeded. Like a book, you have completed a chapter, to move on to the next.

I don't think it would have benefitted me none to not have stumbling blocks, stepping stones and all of the above in my life because I would have never had the privilege to know me and all that I am capable of. I guess I can say this because I have had to step on quite a few stones. Vonda G.Nelson.

I agree. Many people give up when they fail, but success is appreciated even more when we persevere.

I don't agree. Experimentation is the stepping stone, which results in fluctuating degrees of success and failure, and empirical learning. There is always failure in trying to do something, but there's no reason to rush out and try to make it more than 50% of the experience.

Experimentation results in interconnecting processes from past ventures into new and hopefully streamlined approaches. Whether you get an MLM-esque perverse thrill from claiming you're the biggest failure in the world while your cash flow belies that fact, or not, is up to you. But I really think the current internet tendency to emphasize the positive aspect of failure is really little more than a side effect of the "lolomg you fail" phrases seeping out of Halo and WoW sessions and the cynical attempt of top marketers to hook ineffectual marks by saying it's okay to flounder about while trying to earn a living online.

Just learn basic process management in the beginning, discover/research others' failures instead of living them, and you should have a wealth of time reserved for you at the end of your working life.

And what it means to you, as a person. Failure is the inability to accomplish a task. Nothing more.

It doesn't matter why you failed.It doesn't matter how come you failed. Even, your location doesn't factor in your failure. You failing, is directly related to your own ability.

If you have the ability, you have self-esteem and confidence to get the task completed. If you think for a second, that you cannot do something, then you will NOT get it done. Plain and simple.

Will you fail before you success? Probably. Most likely.

Will you find your success? That depends on what success means to you? It is a possibility, but not guaranteed.

You, as a person, have unlimited knowledge potential and in today's world- free information everywhere....you should be able to accomplish any task, regardless of difficult. You simply need to make up your mind on, whether or not, you really want it. But, failure is a stepping stone to success.....Yes.

A perfect example of the ultimate endurance of failure leading to success........The filament to create light was failed over 2000 times BEFORE it became successful. You step forward, making an accomplishment and then you run in to a brick wall, and fail in your next step. You learn from what happened and move on by adjusting your knowledge.

Without failure you would never know what success was. The bitter taste of "failure" is what makes your success so sweet. You never really fail until you quit trying anyhow.

Yes, I agree. Only through failure one would learn what went wrong in the path and correct them to finally reach the goal. It is a rich pack of experience for an individual who is ambitious in his life.

Yes, failure definitely can be a stepping stone to success, and often is; but whether this happens or not entirely depends on the person's attitude, inner strength, and character. Some people just give up and wallow in failure, self-criticism and pessimism and may never get back up. In other words, it's not just a given that someone can or will turn a failure into a stepping stone to success, but the potential is there.

You learn from your mistakes. If you understand why you failed, and if you can see how to turn it all around, then you will attain success again. However, your positive attitude and a strong faith in God are the keys to getting yourself back up again.To quote Robert Schuller, Sr.

, "Tough Times Never Last, But Tough People Do.

Failure, failure, failure! When did this nasty word become being used to describe the result of a human action. FAILURE, IS AN END, NO DO OVERS.

MISTAKES ARE SOMETHING WE DO AS HUMAN BEINGS. NO ONE IS PERFECT, WE DON'T FAIL! I am sure I am not the only one who hears this word and cringes when it is used to describe something someone has done.

There have been many people in our lives who have been told they failed, so they quit. They didn't realize, they didn't fail, it's not a failure. Let's see how we can look at it differently.

How about we call it a mistake. A mistake is something you can use as a stepping stone. You say to yourself, "I made a mistake, so next time I will do it a little different."Shame on anyone who uses the word failure to describe something they have done or something someone around them has done.

You learn by your mistakes, therefore the more mistakes you make the wiser you become......(and I am a very wise man...)jodah.

I agree. Most famous people went through tough lessons learned through failure before becoming an "overnight" success. And those who appeared to achieve easy success, then go through a series of failures, and get lost in the "Woods" before they find themselves (does that remind you of somebody famous?).

Yes, I definitely agree. But there is a inherent rider condition to that. You should learn from the failure and use it to your benefit to caompensate for the handicap the previous time.

I recall an incident of the legendary Tenzing Sherpa who later accompanied Sir Edmund llary to the worlds highest pear The Everest. On an earlier attempt Tenzing Sherpa was with touching distanceof 100 mts or so of reaching the summit but could not scale it and had to come back. But he did not take this as a failure and the next time was successfully able to conquer Everest.In another revelation the great scientist Thomas Alva Edison in his pursuit of discovering the light bulb said that he did not fail more than 900 times but had learnt 900 different ways of how not to make a light bulb.

So its the way you take it, positively or negatively will determine what would be the final outcome.

In fact, this is Universal truth. This can be the experience of many people who got success after many continuous failures. We can also take these words as an encouragement to continue our efforts towards our goal.

I wish it were not true but it seems that it is. I personally have never had great success with out failing miserably first since My 18th birthday. Before that however I had nothing but success.

The real world is tougher. But I like Mr. Happy's quote.

I'm with Edison. I perceive attempts that do not work out the way I wish, as just that. I then focus my energies on the next attempt which may work out.

Failure to me is a state of mind. If we perceive ourselves or our performance as failure, then that is what it is. hubpages.com/request/18816.

I don't agree. Sometimes I do something right first time and its sucessful. Some people are good at failure and success is much harder.

It has been for me. Definitely a learning experience, imagine if I would have given up every single time I failed. Progress not perfection.

Thanks and Happy New Year!

Learning from failure is a stepping stone toward success. However, failure is not a necessity in becoming a success. On the other hand-when failure is a stepping stone toward success-then a failure is not a failure.Shealy.

The problem is most people are afraid of failure in large part because it is what we are taught. Failure is seen as an "end". It has very negative connotations to most people.

Like so much of life, it seems to me that it is just how you frame it that makes the difference. We tend to revel in our successes, without thought into why we achieved our goals. We also tend to look inside at what went wrong when we don't achieve our goals.It is precisely this introspection that allows disappointments and setbacks to be such great teachers to us.

Both can provide information that helps us to be better. The seeds of success are sown in our greatest challenges. The challenge then is to look at setbacks as lessons rather than failures.

From these you can make distinctions about what to do differently to move you closer to your goals. A favorite quote of mine from Anthony Robbins, "Don't like failure? Well how do you feel about learning?

" As an aside, in my personal life I have found that many times when I wanted something and it did not happen, in retrospect it worked out for the best. This has happened more times than I can tell.

You do not have to fail to be successful. If you do fail at some step or point, you should try to make it into a stepping stone. To succeed after failure is fulfilling.

Better to have tried and failed, then to have never tried at all.

Failure is a stepping stone to sucess because if you fail. This will give you the oppurtunuty to put more effort. Abraham lincorn fail many times at last he became president of uSA.So if you fail don't give up keep trying you will make it.

Failure is on the inside of success. When you reach deep inside of you - you can attract success. In the word Failure you will find the word LURE define as an attraction or enticement to attract or entice, especially with inducement.

What wheel has been placed in motion in life to attract the best out come for the future. Failure define as to fall short of need; to cease to function properly: to be unsuccessful, as in business. No, not the stepping stone to success but possible lifes way of telling you that you need new guidence and directions to meet your need or obtain a positive outcome.

Failure is only a stepping stone to success if success eventually occurs.

Yes it is true as the word impossible itself says I am possible . Thus when you face failure you think its impossible to get what you want, but then you try again and there your result is in front of you saying I am possible sir! See here is your success.

Only when your being paid by the hour and have to justify your cost! Sometimes you only get one chance at sucess.

I believe that it depends. Failure to me means that a particular is finished. If it is a matter of trial and error then yes, error makes way for being better.

But it is only failure when you are done trying.

Yes, its better to fail after consideration of your potential appraisal than to succeed by luck . That way you know the intricacies of the task and be ready to take on the same task over and over. Then you can advice others, write books about it etc.. lol.

I certainly hope so, some day I'll be wildly successful. We often learn more from failure than we do from success. Failure means we have to try again, try something different or improve some thing.

Success means we did it. It doesn't mean we did it the best that could be, but most people tend to stop once they've found an answer. Edison has been mentioned.

Yes, after 2000 failures he found a light that worked. Was it the best or have we found ways to improve? So I think failure can be a stepping stone, as long as we remember that success is just a step as well.

It just a pedantic use of the word to try and imply a non existing double meaning. Failure is the direct opposite to success. IMHO it is a non- question.

Failure and success are not in any way linked. They are polar opposites. They work against each other.

Read my hub page entitled Biblical Principals To Success. Good question though.

Absolutely. Failure is our toughest teacher. You can never truly know what you're doing wrong, till something goes wrong.

The suggestion that some stepping stones are misused excuses and, even worse, bragging rights is not only highly judgemental... it's screaming "I point a finger and face three pointing at me"! The absurd notion that some of us who have faced failure gain pride, boast and display our pain like a badge of courage... suggests that ignorance is still a big challenge. Ignorance, then, becomes another failure, correct?!

Using the internet (or any other public forum) to creatively express feelings, whether they be failure or success stories... is just that, an expression of feeling. I would be extremely bored and horribly repressed if I couldn't use my failure as a creative expression. Without absolute acceptance of failure... there would be nothing to lay even a single stepping stone.

It would just be failure. Yes, some failure stems from experimentation... hello?! Absurd notions that individuals bring it upon themselves and also glorify their mistakes is a perfect example of FAILURE.

The mistake you made by being judgemental could be a lesson learned and a path set in stone...a path of stepping stones, if you will toward a more successful opinion of those who share themselves online or elsewhere. I wish you luck on your journey, Sumosalesman.

I like the modern day thinking on this one. So many people were doomed failures, at eleven when they did not pass there eleven plus. They carry this with them all their life, feeeling a failure, being told they are a failure, and too busy with everday life to change their view on themselvesNow children are taught that no one is a failure, and yes failure can be a stepping stone to success.At last I am learning it........... took me too long to find it, but now I know........

Yes. Failure is a stone, an obstacle. One has to step on it, and get over it.

There will be no one who had only success in their life. Everyone goes through lot of failures , before they start succeeding in their life.

I definitely agree...I believe that if you never experience failure, it will be difficult to fully appreciate success.

I completely agree. Failure is a wonderful tool when you are trying to become something more than you ever imagined. I have seen failure have fantastic results, even in business.

For example, I work with third party project management services. Normally, project management services are only requested after the requesting company attempts to take care of program and project management in-house and fails. Once called, our project managers can get a company back on track, on schedule, and within budget.

The company gets a completed project and the internal managers get to keep their sanity. The strange things is that, often times, companies who had no idea our services even existed before that point become permanent customers afterward. This comes from learning that outside help is better than trying to give already overworked internal managers more to do.

Failure becomes a company's biggest success. So really, failure is one reason why I have a job. Now there's a good way to look at it!

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No,this is nt true in my case. I'm exhausted with my continous failures nw i'm facing. I m afraid do I have any future and career.

I was trying 4 a job last 5mnths bt I succesfully rejected by almost all companies. Now I have no hope.........:(.

Yes, I totally agree! Without failure, one cannot achieve success.

Absolutely. If you have never failed at anything it is for two reasons, a) you have not recognised it as being a failure or b) you have never stepped outside of your comfort zone....

I think that failure is very much a stepping stone to success. Think about Henry Ford, Thomas Edison and other great inventors the world has known. They went from failure to great succeses.

Given that...I do agree in part with sumosalesman who says: "Expermentation is the stepping stone, which results in fluctuation degrees of success and failure, and empirical learning. "However, some people are complete failures when it comes to relationships. I think of the many people who go from one marriage and divorce into another marriage and divorce and they do this many times over.

I ask myself...have they learned anything from their "failures"?

I think that everyone has his opinion,so you don't judge this sentence,all right.

Yes it is. I make mistakes all of the time which bites but I'm still moving in the right direction.

I cant really gove you an answer,but what I can give you is a way to a solution, that is you have to find the anglde that you relate to or peaks your interest. A good paper is one that people get drawn into because it reaches them ln some way.As for me WW11 to me, I think of the holocaust and the effect it had on the survivors, their families and those who stood by and did nothing until it was too late.