I tried and failed. I tried again and failed, and failed, and failed, …I tried and succeeded. Thomas Edison said that he made three thousand attempts to create the electric light bulb and failed in all but two attempts. There is an adage which says, “Nothing beats a failure but a try.” Failure would have been the result in the scenarios above if either party had stopped at failure. Victory is won when the mind is disciplined to never give up after a failure. Victory is won when the will is disciplined to try again after each failed attempt. Failure or success is only determined when effort has ended. If you fail, try again. If you succeed, begin something new and work until you succeed.
In each attempt, something must change in order to eliminate what does not work. Thomas Edison logged his attempts so that he would not keep doing the same experiment, the same way, repeatedly. Taking careful note of what works and what does not work for us, in whatever we attempt in life requires discipline. Otherwise, we are destined to keep making the same mistakes indefinitely. Being disciplined for success is not just about our ‘will’ and our ‘effort’, it is about wise effort and relentless will. With this kind of discipline, successful steps are then achieved in every effort, no matter how far we are from our desired goal. Who knows? Great success could be achieved in your next attempt. Try again!
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