“Our greatest glory is not in never failing, but in rising every time we fail.”Confucious
History is filled with failures rather than successes. When you read the life stories of people who are considered to be very successful, you will see many failures in their lives. In fact, many of them have more failures than success in their lives. Thomas Edison is one of the first to come to mind person when we consider the names that have been successful as a result of many successive failures. It’s known that he did experiment a thousand times to find the bulb. There’s a famous story about him; In an interview with Thomas Edison, a young journalist asked, “Sir, is it true that you have had a thousand failed attempts?” Edison answered, “They were not failures, they were precious steps on the path to success”. Thomas Edison, one of the greatest genius and scientists of all time, has reached these successes with his inexhaustible determination. Changing the perception of failure and working with all its energy for the sake of a goal has led many people to success in history.
Napoleon is one of the well-known commanders in history. He is known as an invincible commander. Do you think Napoleon has never lost a war? Yes, he lost and besides, he got his greatest defeat at his last battle, Battle of Waterloo (18 June 1815). After this war, he was exiled to Saint Helena and had to live there for the rest of his life. This famous commander continues to be remembered in the minds of most of us as an invincible commander, despite his biggest defeat. Another example that failures are a part of life can be Sezen Aksu. Sezen Aksu owns a record of making one of the five best-selling albums of all time in Turkey and this album sold 2.5 million copies in the 90s. Did you know that Sezen Aksu, one of the most successful musicians in Turkey, was able to sell only 50 of his first 45 albums in 1975? In this and many other real-life stories shows that failures exist alongside success. Our problem is not to make too many mistakes, not to make mistakes or to be afraid of making mistakes. Success is not mean for mankind never to fall but to stand up every time it falls. Failure is nothing more than an opportunity to be more knowledgeable, more experienced and more enthusiastic to try again.
Don’t let failures break your enthusiasm. On the contrary, failure is the next opportunity to achieve better. It should be remembered that if one of our goals on this life as human beings is to achieve something in the name of humanity, to change things in a positive way in life; it does not matter how many times we have failed. The important thing is what we can change, what we can accomplish.
K.